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Author Broeder, Peter

Title Talking About People ; A Multip
Published Taylor & Francis, 2013

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Contents Cover; Talking about people a multiple case study on adult language acquisition; Title Page; Copyright Page; Acknowledgements; Table of Contents; Notation conventions; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Talking about people; 1.1.1 Referential domain; 1.1.2 Encoding devices; 1.2 Aim and scope; 1.3 The ESF project; 1.4 Outline of the present study; 2 The Study of Language Acquisition; 2.1 Contrastive analysis and creative construction; 2.2 Functionalism and learner varieties; 2.3 Chomskian universal grammar; 2.4 Conclusion; 3 Informants and Data Base; 3.1 Informant characteristics; 3.1.1 Core informants
3.1.2 Shadow informants3.1.3 The native speaker; 3.1.4 German informants; 3.2 Language activities; 4 Cross-Linguistic Perspective on Pronouns; 4.1 How do pronouns refer?; 4.2 The Dutch pronoun system; 4.2.1 Emphasis; 4.2.2 Role; 4.2.3 Number; 4.2.4 Status; 4.2.5 Gender; 4.2.6 Case; 4.2.7 Demonstratives; 4.3 The source languages; 4.3.1 The Turkish pronoun system; 4.3.2 The Moroccan Arabic pronoun system; 4.4 Prospective; 5 First and Second Role Pronominal Reference; 5.1 Research questions and predictions; 5.2 Method; 5.2.1 Informants and language activities; 5.2.2 Procedure in the analysis
5.3 The learner varieties5.3.1 Mahmut; 5.3.2 Ergün; 5.3.3 Mohamed; 5.3.4 Fatima; 5.3.5 The shadow informants; 5.4 Results; 5.4.1 Role; 5.4.2 Number; 5.4.3 Status; 5.4.4 Case; 5.5 Conclusions; 6 Third Role Pronominal Reference; 6.1 Research questions and predictions; 6.2 Method; 6.3 The learner varieties; 6.3.1 Mahmut; 6.3.2 Ergün; 6.3.3 Mohamed; 6.3.4 Fatima; 6.3.5 The shadow informants; 6.4 Results; 6.4.1 Number; 6.4.2 Gender; 6.4.3 Case; 6.5 Conclusions; 6.6 Cross-learner and cross-linguistic evidence; 7 Referential Movement; 7.1 Establishment, shift and maintenance of reference
7.2 Research questions and predictions7.3 Method; 7.3.1 Informants and language activities; 7.3.2 Procedure in the analysis; 7.4 Results; 7.4.1 Mahmut; 7.4.2 Ergün; 7.4.3 Mohamed; 7.4.4 Fatima; 7.5 Conclusions; 8 Reference to Possession; 8.1 The possessive relationship; 8.1.1 Dutch and German; 8.1.2 Turkish, Moroccan Arabic and Italian; 8.2 Research questions and predictions; 8.3 Method; 8.3.1 Informants and language activities; 8.3.2 Procedure in the analysis; 8.4 Results; 8.4.1 Nominal PO constructions; 8.4.2 Pronominal PO constructions; 8.4.3 Nominal OP constructions
8.4.4 Pronominal OP constructions8.5 Conclusions; 9 Conclusions and Outlook; 9.1 Pronominal reference; 9.2 Referential movement; 9.3 Possessive reference; 9.4 Outlook; References
Summary First Published in 1991. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company
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ISBN 1306222761
9781306222761