Interlanguage studies in a cross cultural context: the interlanguage of Spanish speakers (L1) in an approach English (L2), German (L3)

Authors

  • Claudia Grümpel

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14198/raei.2009.22.18

Keywords:

Interlanguage studies, Institutional context, German language, Acquisition of word order, Spanish speakers

Abstract

This paper focuses on the acquisition of word order in German by adult native speakers of Spanish in an institutional context (longitudinal study) and a contrastive study on children and adolescent acquisition using transversal tests. The theoretical framework is based on generative grammar analysis proposed for verb placement in German and a review of recent acquisition studies. Analyses of verb movement account for an underlying subject-verb-object order for all languages proposed by Zwart (1993, 1997) based on parallel works by Kayne (1993, 1994) and Chomsky (1993, 1995).

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Published

15-11-2009

How to Cite

Grümpel, Claudia. 2009. “Interlanguage Studies in a Cross Cultural Context: The Interlanguage of Spanish Speakers (L1) in an Approach English (L2), German (L3)”. Alicante Journal of English Studies / Revista Alicantina De Estudios Ingleses, no. 22 (November):315-26. https://doi.org/10.14198/raei.2009.22.18.