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Wolfgang Klein
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Projektgruppe für Psycholinguistik, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften e.V., Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Norbert Dittmar
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Germanistisches Seminar, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Fed. Rep. of Germany
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Variation in Language and Its Description
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- Wolfgang Klein, Norbert Dittmar
Pages 3-21
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- Wolfgang Klein, Norbert Dittmar
Pages 22-32
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- Wolfgang Klein, Norbert Dittmar
Pages 33-63
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- Wolfgang Klein, Norbert Dittmar
Pages 64-74
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Developing Grammars in the Acquisition of German in Social Context
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- Wolfgang Klein, Norbert Dittmar
Pages 77-96
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- Wolfgang Klein, Norbert Dittmar
Pages 97-112
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- Wolfgang Klein, Norbert Dittmar
Pages 113-197
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- Wolfgang Klein, Norbert Dittmar
Pages 198-212
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Back Matter
Pages 213-222
About this book
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 formal grammar with probabilistic weighting for an ordered set of varieties, such as dialects, sociolects, registers, or developmental stages. In Part II (Chaps. 5-8), this technique is applied to an important area of grammatical variation - to the process of second language acquisition in social context, based on a large investigation of the language behavior of foreign migrant workers acquiring German through everyday contacts. We have tried to characterize their "developing grammars" and to relate this complex developmental process to social and individual factors that determine it.
Authors and Affiliations
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Projektgruppe für Psycholinguistik, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften e.V., Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Wolfgang Klein
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Germanistisches Seminar, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Fed. Rep. of Germany
Norbert Dittmar