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Vandergriff, Ilona – Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German, 2005
In spoken German "weil" frequently occurs with verb-second (v2) word order instead of prescribed ver-last (vlast). This article provides an overview of the variation and its historical development and offers suggestions and materials for a linguistic unit in the advanced language classroom. Current research demonstrates that the variation is not…
Descriptors: Language Attitudes, Verbs, German, Second Language Learning