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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456501403321

Autore

Klein Wolfgang <1946 Feb. 3->

Titolo

Utterance structure [[electronic resource] ] : (developing grammars again) / / Wolfgang Klein and Clive Perdue ; in cooperation with Mary Carroll ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub., 1992

ISBN

1-283-22225-6

9786613222251

90-272-8288-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (370 p.)

Collana

Studies in bilingualism ; ; v. 5

Altri autori (Persone)

PerdueClive

CarrollMary

Disciplina

401/.93

Soggetti

Second language acquisition

Grammar, Comparative and general - Syntax

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"The present volume is based on a much longer report to the European Science Foundation, Second language acquisition by adult immigrants ..."--T.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [343]-347) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

UTTERANCE STRUCTURE; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Framework; 3. The acquisition of English; 4. The acquisition of German; 5. The acquisition of Dutch; 6. The acquisition of French; 7. Conclusions; Glossary; References; Author Index; Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

This volume presents the results of part of the ESF project 'Second language acquisition by adult immigrants'. The present study deals specifically with structure of utterances in learner varieties. The authors have attempted to find general principles which determine the form of utterances from the very beginning to relatively advanced stages. Chapter 1 and 2 provide the framework for the study and here the guiding hypotheses are sketched on the basis of a pilot analysis. The empirical part of the study is contained in Chapters 3-6, in which data are given for the acquisition of, respectively