In diesem Buch wird der sprachliche Ausdruck von statischen und dynamischen Raumrelationen untersucht. Es werden typologische und variationslinguistische Ansatze integriert, um nicht nur Standardsprachen, sondern auch Dialekte zu vergleichen. Auf empirischer Basis wird nachgewiesen, dass sich auch nahe verwandte Varietaten betrachtlich unterscheiden. Die syntaktische und semantische Feinanalyse der raumbezogenen Prapositionen, Verben, Adverbien und Verbalphrasen fuhrt zu einer Revision der gangigen Typologie. Eine zusatzliche typologische Dimension wird herausgearbeitet, die systematisch...
In diesem Buch wird der sprachliche Ausdruck von statischen und dynamischen Raumrelationen untersucht. Es werden typologische und variationslinguis...
This study looks at the language community constituted by a Swiss primary school class of children with a highly assorted mixture of mother tongues. The language used in class is described in terms of variety linguistics and the social processes within the class are examined sociographically. Dialectologic and socio-psychological variables are related to one another; in addition, observations on social solidarity and demarcation are subjected to a qualitative analysis. The language of the class is interpreted as a cumulative product of individual communicative interests. The findings...
This study looks at the language community constituted by a Swiss primary school class of children with a highly assorted mixture of mother tongues. T...
This book discusses the empirical studies on how biological age influences foreign language learning in school. It provides a succinct overview of a complex field for both experts and researchers interested in the teaching and learning of foreign languages.
This book discusses the empirical studies on how biological age influences foreign language learning in school. It provides a succinct overview of a c...
This book discusses literacy development in heritage language speakers and presents the results of four different quantitative studies that investigate the transfer of literacy skills in bi- and multilingual language development. The empirical studies focus on different populations of pupils, most of them located in various parts of Switzerland, and emphasise the potential residing in shared or transferred resources between their heritage languages and the languages spoken in the region to which their family has immigrated. The goal of all studies was to gain an understanding of the...
This book discusses literacy development in heritage language speakers and presents the results of four different quantitative studies that investi...
This book discusses literacy development in heritage language speakers and presents the results of four different quantitative studies that investigate the transfer of literacy skills in bi- and multilingual language development. The empirical studies focus on different populations of pupils, most of them located in various parts of Switzerland, and emphasise the potential residing in shared or transferred resources between their heritage languages and the languages spoken in the region to which their family has immigrated. The goal of all studies was to gain an understanding of the...
This book discusses literacy development in heritage language speakers and presents the results of four different quantitative studies that investi...
