The acquisition of the German case system by foreign language learners:
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Main Author: Baten, Kristof (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam John Benjamins Publishing Company 2013
Series:Processability approaches to language acquisition research & teaching vol. 2
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
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 longi
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource
ISBN:9027203024
9027271704
9789027203021
9789027271709

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