Body - Space - Expression formatIsbn:Hardcover - 9783110107807 The volume contains thirteen contributions

The volume contains thirteen contributions organized into three parts

Frontmatter -- CHAPTER 1: GENERAL INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 2: ORAL DUTCH LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY OF TURKISCH CHILDREN BORN IN THE NETHERLANDS: Overall results -- CHAPTER 3: MORPHOLOGICAL PROFICIENCY: L1 and L2 development of the verbal predicate -- CHAPTER 4: SYNTACTIC PROFICIENCY: Complexity and correctness of utterances -- CHAPTER 5: SEMANTIC PROFICIENCY: The communication of perceptual experiences -- CHAPTER 6: THE INFLUENCE OF SOCIAL AND SOCIO-PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS ON SECOND LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY -- APPENDICES -- REFERENCES -- SUBJECT INDEX

-- Russian "national character" and Russian language: A rejoinder to H

PREDICATIONAL it-clefts -- Chapter 4

Grammaticalization phenomena show that grammars evolve in a continuous way following cross-linguistically established diachronic paths

Body - Space - Expression formatIsbn:Hardcover - 9783110107807 The volume contains thirteen contributionsFrontmatter Acknowledgements Preface Contents List of Tables List of Tables PART ONE: INTENTS ACTIONS REVERBERATIONS Introduction 1879 1900 Childhood and Adolescence in Central Europe 1900 1907 The French Phase of Assimilation 1908 1919 The German Swiss Phase of Explorations 1920 1937 The German Period of Gestation 1938 1958 The English Period of Consolidations Coda Biographical Signposts Notes to Part One PART TWO: THE EMERGENCE OF CONCEPTS, THEORIES