The Acquisition of the German Case System by Foreign Language Learners Hardback
by Kristof (Ghent University) Baten
Part of the Processability Approaches to Language Acquisition Research & Teaching series
Hardback
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.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:304 pages
- Publisher:John Benjamins Publishing Co
- Publication Date:15/07/2013
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- ISBN:9789027203021
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Item not Available
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:304 pages
- Publisher:John Benjamins Publishing Co
- Publication Date:15/07/2013
- Category:
- ISBN:9789027203021
