Der Erwerb komplexer syntaktischer Strukturen des deutschen von Germanistikstudierenden mit L1- polnisch / L1- ukrainisch, L2 – englisch

Barbara Sadownik

doi:10.18290/rh247210.8

Published : 2024-12-23

Vol. 72 No. 10 (2024)

The Acquisition of German Complex Syntactic Structures by Students of German Studies (L1 – Polish / Ukrainian, L2 – English)

Barbara Sadownik

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1528-7975

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18290/rh247210.8

Abstract

This article focuses on selected problems occurring in the process of acquiring German syntax, especially on the processing and assimilation of complex word-order structures, i.e., regularities related to the place of the verb in subordinate clauses in German. The theoretical basis for empirical research is the Processability Theory of second language acquisition, in its latest version called the Developmentally Moderated Transfer Hypothesis (Pienemann, 2015). Our own research is cross-sectional and it records the state of formal and syntactic competence of the 1st and 2nd-yearstudents doing M.A. German studies , with Polish/Ukrainian as L1 and English as L2. The illustrative material was obtained by analysing students’ written texts. The key methodological concern was given to both correct and incorrect subordinate sentence structures in German. The analysis aimed to capture the constant and invariable (universal) rules of processing and acquiring complex grammatical structures that appear to be highly independent of variables such as first/native language, age, or language acquisition type. Particular attention was paid to the glottodidactic implications of the presented results of the empirical research.

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bilingualism and multilingualism, second/foreign language acquisition, acquisition of syntax, acquisition of word-order structures in subordinate clauses in German (SOV), implicit vs. explicit knowledge of syntax, language transfer

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