Investigating the acquisition of the German passive by adult learners with L1 English in a formal learning environment : a learner corpus approach

This cross-disciplinary study draws on theories of linguistics, second language acquisition and language pedagogy in order to investigate the acquisition of the German passive by learners in a formal learning environment whose first language is English. This construction has hitherto received little...

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Main Author: Thoday, Sheena Caroline Elizabeth
Other Authors: Sargeant, Maggie
Published: Heriot-Watt University 2014
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.691290