Incomplete L1 Acquisition in the Immigrant Situation: Yiddish in the United States

Glenn S. Levine

Published by Max Niemeyer Verlag 2000

Incomplete L1 Acquisition in the Immigrant Situation

Yiddish in the United States

Glenn S. Levine

Volume 426 in the series Linguistische Arbeiten

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110925982

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This monograph establishes a theoretical model for the investigation of 'incomplete L1 acquisition' in the immigrant situation. The study focuses on the linguistic behaviour of elderly speakers who acquired Yiddish simultaneously with English and have not used the language since childhood. The central question is whether ungrammatical forms in the data can be traced to the attrition of forms once acquired or to the incomplete acquisition of those forms. With regard to Yiddish present perfect rules, results favor the latter explanation, indicating long-fossilized, divergent child language.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Table Of Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	V
Preface and acknowledgements Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	VII
1. Goals and Theoretical Framework Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. The study Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	14
3. The language of incomplete LI acquisition in the immigrant situation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	28
4. Social and sociolinguistic factors in the incomplete LI acquisition of Yiddish among primary informants Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	55
5. Evidence of incomplete LI acquisition in primary informants' speech: Choice of auxiliary in the present perfect tense Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	69
6. Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	87
References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	93
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	101

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Language: English
Publisher: Max Niemeyer Verlag
Edition: Reprint 2015
Pages
- Front matter: 8
- Main content: 104
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- Other: Zahlr. Abb.
Keywords: Jiddisch; Spracherwerb; Einwanderer; Familie; USA

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Published: March 30, 2015
ISBN: 9783110925982

Hardcover

Published: September 20, 2000
ISBN: 9783484304260