The Issue of Grammaticalization in Early German Second Language.

Pfaff, Carol W.

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Publication Date: 1992

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The Issue of Grammaticalization in Early German Second Language.

Pfaff, Carol W.

Studies in Second Language Acquisition, v14 n3 p273-96 Sep 1992

The development of the expression of grammatical categories in German in Turkish and German children attending a bilingual day care center in a multilingual speech community in Berlin is examined. Results indicate no evidence that pragmatic categories precede syntactic ones, but some evidence shows that grammatical markers develop first as independent words. (61 references) (Author/LB)

Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Child Language, Day Care, Foreign Countries, German, Grammar, Linguistic Theory, Pragmatics, Second Language Learning, Syntax

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Language: English

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