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Developing Grammars

The Acquisition of German Syntax by Foreign Workers

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Authors:
  1. Wolfgang Klein

    1. Projektgruppe für Psycholinguistik, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften e.V., Nijmegen, The Netherlands

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  2. Norbert Dittmar

    1. Germanistisches Seminar, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Fed. Rep. of Germany

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Part of the book series: Springer Series in Language and Communication (SSLAN, volume 1)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-X
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  2. Variation in Language and Its Description

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Fluctuating Linguistic Structures

      • Wolfgang Klein, Norbert Dittmar
      Pages 3-21

    3. Dimensions of Language Variability

      • Wolfgang Klein, Norbert Dittmar
      Pages 22-32

    4. Probabilistic Grammars

      • Wolfgang Klein, Norbert Dittmar
      Pages 33-63

    5. The Empirical Study of Language Variation

      • Wolfgang Klein, Norbert Dittmar
      Pages 64-74

  3. Developing Grammars in the Acquisition of German in Social Context

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 75-75
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    2. Foreign Language Acquisition in Social Context and Its Role for Foreign Language Teaching

      • Wolfgang Klein, Norbert Dittmar
      Pages 77-96

    3. Outline of the Project

      • Wolfgang Klein, Norbert Dittmar
      Pages 97-112

    4. The Aquisition of German Syntax

      • Wolfgang Klein, Norbert Dittmar
      Pages 113-197

    5. Determining Factors in the Foreign Language Aquisition of Foreign Workers

      • Wolfgang Klein, Norbert Dittmar
      Pages 198-212

  4. Back Matter

    Pages 213-222
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This study deals with variation in grammar both from a theoretical and an empirical point of view. In Part I (Chaps. 1-4), an attempt is made to char­ acterize this phenomenon within the broader context of what might be called the "fluctuating character of natu'ral language", and to develop suitable and precise descriptive techniques that account for it. The method which is pro­ posed here is called "variety grammar" - roughly speaking, this is a formal grammar with probabilistic weighting for an ordered set of varieties, such as dialects, sociolects, registers, or developmental stages. In Part II (Chaps. 5-8), this technique is applied to an important area of grammatical variation - to the process of second language acquisition in social context, based on a large investigation of the language behavior of foreign migrant workers acquiring German through everyday contacts. We have tried to characterize their "developing grammars" and to relate this complex developmental process to social and individual factors that determine it.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Projektgruppe für Psycholinguistik, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften e.V., Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    Wolfgang Klein

  • Germanistisches Seminar, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Fed. Rep. of Germany

    Norbert Dittmar

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Developing Grammars

  • Book Subtitle: The Acquisition of German Syntax by Foreign Workers

  • Authors: Wolfgang Klein, Norbert Dittmar

  • Series Title: Springer Series in Language and Communication

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-67385-6

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1979

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-67387-0Published: 18 October 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-67385-6Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0172-620X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 224

  • Topics: Psychology, general

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