The Teaching of the German Verb Order
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20654531 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Werner A Mueller (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1951 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 177 |
| Publication date | 1951-05-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The German Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0016-8831 • E-ISSN: 1756-1183 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/401415 |
| OpenAlex | W2327060387 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
One of the most difficult topics for the American student of German to absorb is the position of the verb and its parts in a sentence, particularly in the clauses of the normal complex sentence. Although the student, on his first day of studying German, usually becomes acquainted with at least two possibilties of verb arrangement, subject-verb (present tense, no prefix): ich lerne, and with its simple inversion: lerne ich, he has constantly to add new facts to his knowledge of verb order up to the last days of his first-year course. Only after having wrestled with the compound tenses, the auxiliaries, the prefixes (separable, inseparable, doubtful), the modals, the double infinitive, and finally the passive voice, does he learn to add subjunctive flavor to them all
Business · German · Linguistics · Order (exchange) · Verb · History · Linguistic Education and Pedagogy · Linguistic research and analysis · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.01 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1958 - 1958 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |