The Acquisition of German: Introducing Organic Grammar

by Martha Young-Scholten and Anne Vainikka

The Acquisition of German: Introducing Organic Grammar brings together work on the acquisition of German from over four decades of child L1 and immigrant L2 learner studies. The book's major feature is new longitudinal data from three secondary school students who began an exchange year in Germany with no German knowledge and attained fluency. Their naturalistic acquisition process -- with a succession of stages described for the first time in...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3110263769
• ISBN13: 9783110263763
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: de Gruyter Mouton
• Length: 419 Pages
• Weight: 1.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary