Developing Grammars: The Acquisition of German Syntax by Foreign Workers

by N. Dittmar and Wolfgang Klein

This study deals with variation in grammar both from a theoretical and an empirical point of view. In Part I (Chaps. 1-4), an attempt is made to char- acterize this phenomenon within the broader context of what might be called the "fluctuating character of natu'ral language", and to develop suitable and precise descriptive techniques that account for it. The method which is pro- posed here is called "variety grammar" - roughly speaking, this is a...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3642673872
• ISBN13: 9783642673870
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"