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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781787503321

Autore

Dietrich Rainer

Titolo

The acquisition of temporality in a second language [[electronic resource] /] / Rainer Dietrich, Wolfgang Klein, Colette Noyau, in cooperation with Josée Coenen ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins, c1995

ISBN

90-272-8279-X

9786613222169

1-283-22216-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (300 p.)

Collana

Studies in bilingualism (SiBil), , 0928-1533 ; ; v. 7

Altri autori (Persone)

KleinWolfgang <1946 Feb. 3->

NoyauColette

CoenenJosée

Disciplina

401/.93

Soggetti

Second language acquisition

Grammar, Comparative and general - Temporal constructions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

THE ACQUISITION OF TEMPORALITY IN A SECOND LANGUAGE; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; Preface; Acknowledgement; 1. Introduction; 2. Frame of analysis; 3. The acquisition of English; 4. The acquisition of German; 5. The acquisition of Dutch; 6. The acquisition of French; 7. The acquisition of Swedish; 8. Conclusions; Author index; Subject index

Sommario/riassunto

This is the second volume of the SiBil series to present results from the European Science Foundation's project 'Second language acquisition by adult immigrants'. It deals specifically with the acquisition of temporality in five European languages: Dutch, English, French, German and Swedish, providing a detailed account of how adult learners who have little or no exposure to classroom teaching, express temporality at any given stage of the acquisition process, how they proceed from one stage to the next, and what factors determine both their progress and their final levels of proficiency. The