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Das Nebeneinander von Dialekt und Standard in der Deutschschweiz bietet sehr interessante Rahmenbedingungen, um den Erwerb von sprachlicher Variation im Zweitsprachkontext genauer zu untersuchen. Vor diesem Hintergrund stellt die vorliegende Studie die soziale Bedeutung von Sprachen und Varietäten und ihren Einfluss auf den Aufbau des sprachlichen Repertoires bei erwachsenen Lernenden mit verschiedenen Erstsprachen und mit variablen persönlichen und sozialen Rahmenbedingungen des Spracherwerbs in den Mittelpunkt. Sie untersucht, wie die Zweitsprachbenutzer/-innen mit der vorhandenen Dialekt-Standard-Variation im Input umgehen, inwieweit sie die beiden Codes in ihr Zweitsprachwissen integrieren und welche Haltungen gegenüber Dialekt und Standard sie aus der spezifischen Erwerbssituation heraus entwickeln. Insgesamt gibt die Arbeit zwar besonders Auskunft zum Deutscherwerb im Untersuchungsraum Schweiz, steht aber allgemeiner im Zusammenhang mit Fragen zur Sozioindexikalität von Sprache und Sprachvariation im Kontext des Zweitspracherwerbs.

Language acquisition.

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This book examines both classic and current studies that trace the development of human language from before birth to the early childhood years. By focusing on areas of language development in which a unified set of theoretical issues has been explored, the book presents a theoretically and empirically more coherent approach to language development than other books in this discipline.

Language acquisition.

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Dependency is a fundamental concept in the analysis of linguistic systems. The many if-then statements offered in typology and grammar-writing imply a causally real notion of dependency that is central to the claim being made--usually with reference to widely varying timescales and types of processes. But despite the importance of the concept of dependency in our work, its nature is seldom defined or made explicit. This book brings together experts on language, representing descriptive linguistics, language typology, functional/cognitive linguistics, cognitive science, research on gesture and other semiotic systems, developmental psychology, psycholinguistics, and linguistic anthropology to address the following question: What kinds of dependencies exist among language-related systems, and how do we define and explain them in natural, causal terms?

Language acquisition.

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Recent work on second language acquisition within the generative framework has pointed out interfaces (syntax-discourse, syntax-semantics, etc.) as a residual domain of vulnerability in L2. Rather than in core syntax, it is at the interface level that the divergence between native and non-native grammars has been shown to be more prominent. In this book the investigation of answering strategies and the focalization of new information subjects, which require access to the syntax-discourse interface, will be pursued. Data is collected through an oral elicitation task on Finnish and Italian, a rather unexplored language pair, in various stages of language development: advanced and intermediate L2 acquisition, L1 under L2 attrition, early bilingualism, child monolingual L1 development.

Language acquisition.

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"This is the first edited collection focusing exclusively on how second language users interpret and engage with the processes of email writing. With chapters written by an international array of scholars, the present volume is dedicated to furthering the study of the growing field of L2 email pragmatics and addresses a range of interesting topics that have so far received comparatively scant attention. Utilising both elicited and naturally-occurring data, the research in this volume takes the reader from a consideration of learners' pragmatic development as reflected in email writing, and their perceptions of the email medium, to relational practices in various email functions and in a variety of academic contexts. As a whole, the contributions incorporate research with learners from a range of proficiency levels, language and cultural backgrounds, and employ varied research designs in order to examine different email speech acts. The book provides valuable new insights into the dynamic and complex interplay between cultural, interlanguage, pedagogical, and medium-specific factors shaping L2 email discourse, and it is undoubtedly an important reference and resource for researchers, graduate students and experienced language teachers"--

Second language acquisition.