<!doctype html public «-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en»> http-equiv=content-type> The handbook offers multifaceted insights for scholars and students interested in linguistics, founded on the most up-to-date theoretical and empirical research on the units of the German spoken language. It covers the characteristic features of syllables, words, and larger units. In addition, pursuing the goal of a systematic intermodal phonology, it also covers these units in German sign language and writing.