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Available
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Collection
Publication
Barnes & Noble (1968), Edition: 3rd, Paperback, 240 pages
User reviews
LibraryThing member csoki637
This would be an excellent guide to learning German, if it weren't for a huge obstacle: The book uses the old German script, not the current "Latin" one. When s's look like f's to the native English speaker, it makes for a very difficult time reading German text. Futhermore, standard use of the old
Old language books are often clearer than recent ones, but it's to little avail when the language has moved on.
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Fraktur and Schwabacher fonts was abolished in 1941.Old language books are often clearer than recent ones, but it's to little avail when the language has moved on.
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LibraryThing member Muscogulus
This is a conventional book of grammar lessons, remarkable for two things: It was written and revised in the United States during World War II, with help from a German expat. And it is the most recent book I know of to make use of the Fraktur script, with it's elaborate letter forms that used to
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give such difficulties to students of German. My copy of this book is from a 1965 reprinting, long after Fraktur had supposedly become obsolete. So it's an interesting footnote to the history of typography, at least. Show Less
Language
Original publication date
1940
Physical description
240 p.; 8 inches
ISBN
0064600343 / 9780064600347
Local notes
College Outline Series