The acquisition of the German case system by foreign language learners
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The acquisition of the German case system by foreign language learners
(Processability approaches to language acquisition research & teaching, v. 2)
J. Benjamins Pub., c2013
- : Hb
Available at 5 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This is the first book on the acquisition of the German case system by foreign language learners. It explores how learners in their interlanguage progress from the total absence to the presence of a case system. This development is characterized by an evolvement from marking the argument's position to marking the argument's actual function. Theoretically couched within Processability Theory, the book deals with the feature unification and the mapping processes involved in case marking, and critically examines previous findings on German case acquisition. Empirically, the book consists of longitudinal data of 11 foreign language learners of German, which was collected over a period of 2 years. This book will be useful to anyone interested in the acquisition of German and in the acquisition of case systems in general.
Table of Contents
- 1. Acknowledgements
- 2. List of tables
- 3. List of figures
- 4. List of abbreviations
- 5. Chapter 1. Introduction
- 6. Chapter 2. The developmental problem in second language acquisition
- 7. Chapter 3. The acquisition of the German case system
- 8. Chapter 4. Feature unification and linking in case marking
- 9. Chapter 5. Methodology
- 10. Chapter 6. Results and discussion
- 11. Chapter 7. General conclusion
- 12. References
- 13. Appendix
- 14. Index
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