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About canoonet |
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The canoonet online language services are provided thanks to the LanguageTools
of the Canoo Engineering AG. The services are the result of the
collaboration of several years between associates of the University
of Basel, the Vrije
Universiteit Amsterdam, the IDSIA
Lugano and the Canoo Engineering AG.
The Canoo Morphological Dictionary is based on several electronic and
traditional word lists which were, and still are, complemented by other
sources. Our team of lexicographers led by Dr. Stephan
Bopp has entered each word individually into the database, if
necessary after having consulted other word lists and web browsers. The
dictionary database includes approximately 250.000 entries which correspond
to more than 3 million word forms.
The spelling information is based on the latest version (2006) of the official
spelling rules and the corresponding word list. Where the information
given by the official rules and the word list is insufficient, we propose
solutions that are both in accordance with other spelling guides (e.g.
Wahrig, Duden) and as analogous as possible to the official rules .
The information on related terms is provided by the University of
Tübingen (project GermaNet).
The grammar sections were written by Stephan
Bopp, a linguist who earned his Ph.D. from the University of Zurich.
They are based on traditional grammars (e.g. Duden, Helbig/Buscha,
Fleischer/Barz, Grammis) as well as on various publications on specific
grammatical issues. This purely descriptive grammar is a clear and
comprehensive online representation of German grammar intended for students
of the Mittelstufe (comparable to middle school or junior high school) and
higher, teachers, advanced learners of German and, in general, for all those
who are interested in the German language.
The canoonet grammar is well-structured, consistent, and intelligible,
commented Prof. Dr. Annelies Häcki-Buhofer, professor at the Department
of German Linguistics of the University of Basel (not involved in the
development of canoonet) and chairwoman of the Swiss Linguistics Society
(SSG/SSL). It is a valuable contribution for developing analytical
language skills. Both adults and students from 4th grade onwards will
profit from this resource. In contrast to many printed grammars, canoonet
is easy to use and easy to understand. Students and casual users will like
its interactive search function, cross-links, and glossary of linguistic
terms. Language teachers will like its comprehensiveness and unique
integration with large dictionaries.
References
- Duden. Die deutsche Rechtschreibung, 24. Auflage, Dudenverlag,
2006.
- Duden. Die Grammatik, 7. Auflage, Dudenverlag, 2005.
- W. Fleischer, I. Barz, unter Mitarbeit von M. Schröder:
Wortbildung der deutschen Gegenwartssprache, Niemeyer,
Tübingen 1995.
- Grammis, das
grammatische Informationssystem des Instituts für Deutsche
Sprache (IDS)
- G. Helbig, H. Buscha: Deutsche Grammatik. Ein Handbuch für
den Ausländerunterricht, Langenscheidt, 2001
- Wahrig. Die deutsche Rechtschreibung, Bertelsmann Lexikon
Verlag, 2006
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