04204nam 2200817Ia 450 991109424930332120260415135503.09786613430533978128343053112834305339783110263848311026384X10.1515/9783110263848(CKB)2550000000075130(EBL)799436(OCoLC)769190326(SSID)ssj0000559534(PQKBManifestationID)12253296(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000559534(PQKBWorkID)10567513(PQKB)10259421(DE-B1597)172203(OCoLC)1002272945(OCoLC)1004876486(OCoLC)1011470115(OCoLC)979689607(OCoLC)984653441(OCoLC)987943218(OCoLC)992489695(OCoLC)999362858(DE-B1597)9783110263848(Au-PeEL)EBL799436(CaPaEBR)ebr10515783(CaONFJC)MIL343053(Perlego)653617(MiAaPQ)EBC799436(EXLCZ)99255000000007513020110912d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe acquisition of German introducing organic Grammar /by Anne Vainikka, Martha Young-Scholten1st ed.Berlin ;Boston De Gruyter Mouton20111 online resource (xi, 407 pages)Studies on language acquisition ;449783110263763 3110263769 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter --Dedication. Acknowledgments --Contents --Chapter 1. Introduction --Chapter 2. Organic Syntax of Adult German --Chapter 3. Organic Grammar and L1 acquisition --Chapter 4. Second language acquisition at the VP level --Chapter 5. Second language acquisition at the IP level --Chapter 6. Differences in triggering between children and adults --Chapter 7. The second language acquisition of the CP projection --Chapter 8. Naturalistic learners and unsolved problems in SLA --References --IndexThe Acquisition of German: Introducing Organic Grammar brings together work on the acquisition of German from over four decades of child L1 and immigrant L2 learner studies. The book's major feature is new longitudinal data from three secondary school students who began an exchange year in Germany with no German knowledge and attained fluency. Their naturalistic acquisition process - with a succession of stages described for the first time in L2 acquisition - is highly similar to that of younger learners. This has important implications for German teaching and for the theory of Universal Grammar and acquisition. Organic Grammar, a variant of generative syntax, is offered as a practical alternative to Chomsky's Minimalism. The analysis focuses on extensive monthly samples of the three students' German development in an input-rich environment. Similar to previous studies, the teenagers build syntactic structure from the bottom up. Two acquired correct word order by the end of the year, the third, who had greater conscious awareness of German grammar, had a divergent route of development, suggesting that language awareness can alter a natural developmental path. The results are addressed in light of recent debates in child-adult differences.Studies on language acquisition ;44.German languageAcquisitionLanguage acquisitionGrammar, Comparative and generalGerman languageAcquisition.Language acquisition.Grammar, Comparative and general.430.1/9GB 3019rvkVainikka Anne1962266Young-Scholten Martha1928322MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9911094249303321The acquisition of German4724436UNINA