The status of the German language has perhaps never aroused more heated debate: scholars argue that the language is in visible decline, that its lexicon and grammar are increasingly impoverished, not least through massive infiltration by Anglicisms. The newly published language report presents the findings of research studies in four areas that have characterized the debate in different ways: vocabulary, Anglicisms, flexion, and nominal style.

Which loan words exist in current German, what is their origin and what role do they play within the German vocabulary as a whole? For the first time, this book describes in a systematic and easy-to-read manner how an important and multifaceted part of German vocabulary has been developing for centuries and still is evolving today. Knowledge of facts is the best advisor even in public controversies on loan words, and this is why the book is aimed at a wider audience. Where special knowledge is required, the reader will find complete and easy-to-understand explanations.

Standardwerk zur deutschen Grammatik, das Verstandlichkeit mit Forschungsnahe und begrifflicher Prazision verbindet. Die Darstellung in zwei Banden folgt der seit langem bewahrten Gliederung in Wort- und Satzgrammatik. Beide Bande sind inhaltlich eng aufeinander bezogen, aber dennoch unabhangig voneinander verwendbar. Der Grundriss hat sich in der universitaren Lehre ebenso bewahrt wie im Selbststudium. Mit uber 200 Arbeitsaufgaben und zugehoerigen Loesungen regt er zu selbstandiger grammatischer Analyse an. "Der Satz" fuhrt systematisch in die Formen- und Satzlehre des Deutschen ein.