06005nam 2200733Ia 450 991046311570332120200520144314.090-272-7170-4(CKB)2670000000424494(EBL)1394817(SSID)ssj0000949651(PQKBManifestationID)11521878(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000949651(PQKBWorkID)11004349(PQKB)11295810(MiAaPQ)EBC1394817(Au-PeEL)EBL1394817(CaPaEBR)ebr10738800(CaONFJC)MIL536580(OCoLC)854761177(EXLCZ)99267000000042449420130520d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe acquisition of the German case system by foreign language learners[electronic resource] /Kristof Baten, Ghent UniversityAmsterdam John Benjamins Publishing Company20131 online resource (322 p.)Processability Approaches to Language Acquisition Research & Teaching,2210-6480 ;v. 2Description based upon print version of record.90-272-0302-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.The Acquisition of the German Case System by Foreign Language Learners; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1.1 The thematic focus; 1.2 The explanatory framework; 1.3 A sequence for case; 1.4 Outline; The developmental problem in second language acquisition; 2.1 Introduction: A burgeoning research field; 2.2 Theoretical tenets of Processability Theory; 2.2.1 The underlying logic; 2.2.2 Language generation; 2.2.3 Linguistic knowledge; 2.3 Explaining developmental schedules; 2.3.1 Feature unification2.3.2 Linking arguments and constituents to functions2.4 Application to German as a Second Language (GSL); 2.5 Conclusion; The acquisition of the German case system; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 L1-acquisition; 3.2.1 The early studies; 3.2.1.1 Observations on developmental sequences; 3.2.1.2 Explaining the L1 developmental sequences; 3.2.2 Generative studies; 3.2.2.1 Theoretical background; 3.2.2.2 The onset of case development; 3.2.2.3 The acquisition of the dative case: structural or lexical?; 3.2.2.4 Conclusion; 3.2.3 Functionalist approaches; 3.2.4 Summary; 3.3 Second language acquisition3.4 Foreign language acquisition3.4.1 An unexplored field; 3.4.2 Contrastive/Error analysis; 3.4.3 Developmental analysis; 3.5 Conclusion; Feature unification and linking in case marking; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 LFG and case; 4.3 Representation within PT; 4.3.1 Direct case mappings; 4.3.2 C-to-f mapping; 4.3.3 A-to-f mapping; 4.4 Re-interpretation of prior research; 4.4.1 Case oppositions; 4.4.2 Case use with verb arguments vs. prepositional objects; 4.4.3 The role of personal pronouns; 4.5 Developmental hypotheses; 4.6 Conclusion; Methodology; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Corpus; 5.2.1 Participants5.2.2 Data elicitation5.2.3 Transcription and coding; 5.2.4 Data set; 5.3 Data analysis; 5.3.1 Form-function relationships; 5.3.2 Emergence criterion; Results and discussion; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Verb arguments; 6.2.1 Marking SUBJ and OBJ in canonical word order; 6.2.1.1 Canonical syntactic structures; 6.2.1.2 'Case' markers in preverbal subjects; 6.2.1.3 'Case' markers in postverbal objects; 6.2.1.4 Developments in the intra-stage; 6.2.1.5 Conclusion; 6.2.2 XP-adjunction; 6.2.3 Marking SUBJ and OBJ in non-canonical word order; 6.2.3.1 XP VS(O); 6.2.3.2 OVS; 6.2.3.3 Elliptic constructions6.2.3.4 Passives6.2.3.5 Conclusion; 6.2.4 Implicational scaling of morpho-syntactic development; 6.2.5 Ditransitive constructions; 6.2.5.1 Options to express the indirect object (OBLθ); 6.2.5.2 The indirect object as a prepositional phrase; 6.2.5.3 Position marking of the IO DO sequence?; 6.2.5.4 Functional case assignment of the indirect object; 6.2.5.5 From unmarked mapping to functional case assignment; 6.2.6 COMP; 6.2.7 Conclusion: From marking the position to marking the function; 6.3 Prepositional phrases; 6.3.1 Introduction; 6.3.2 Case development with regard to one-way prepositions6.3.3 Interface between lexical and positional/functional markingThis 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 longiProcessability Approaches to Language Acquisition Research & TeachingGerman languageStudy and teachingForeign speakersGerman languageCaseGerman languageSyntaxGerman languageSemanticsLanguage acquisitionGerman languageGrammarStudy and teachingElectronic books.German languageStudy and teachingForeign speakers.German languageCase.German languageSyntax.German languageSemantics.Language acquisition.German languageGrammarStudy and teaching.438.2/421Baten Kristof983102MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910463115703321The acquisition of the German case system by foreign language learners2243856UNINA