The series Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science is designed to illuminate a field which not only includes general linguistics and the study of linguistics as applied to specific languages, but also covers those more recent areas which have developed from the increasing body of research into the manifold forms of communicative action and interaction.

The handbook Deutsch als Fremd- und Zweitsprache summarizes existing knowledge on acquisition and teaching of the German language in different contexts in altogether 234 articles. It is not only addressed to specialists, but rather makes the subject area accessible for everyone, whose scholarly or practical work has to do with the German language in the context of linguistic and cultural diversity.

Autorentext

Hans-Jürgen Krumm, Universität Wien; Christian Fandrych, Universität Leipzig; Britta Hufeisen, Technische Universität Darmstadt; Claudia Riemer, Universität Bielefeld.