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Language Attrition Downunder: German Speakers In Australia

Author(s): Waas, Margit
ISBN10: 3631300867
ISBN13: 9783631300862
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Table of Contents
Glossary 11(2)
Acronyms and Abbreviations 11(1)
Symbols 12(1)
Abstract 13(2)
1 INTRODUCTION
15(40)
1.1 Language Attrition
16(17)
1.1.1 Language Attrition--Definitions
17(9)
1.1.2 Language Attrition: what it can and cannot be
26(4)
1.1.3 Language Shift and Language Attrition
30(1)
1.1.4 Characteristic Features of Language Attrition
31(2)
1.2 Language Attrition Research
33(5)
1.2.1 Language Attrition Research Developments
34(1)
1.2.2 First Language Attrition Research
35(3)
1.3 German Speakers in Australia
38(10)
1.3.1 Demographic Data
41(7)
1.4 Background of Research Problem
48(3)
1.4.1 Language Mixing: Daussie
49(2)
1.5 Theoretical Framework and Aims
51(2)
1.5.1 Hypotheses
53(2)
2 METHODOLOGY
55(16)
2.1 Outline of Fieldwork
55(3)
2.1.1 Location
57(1)
2.2 The Subjects
58(7)
2.2.1 Criteria for Eligibility
59(2)
2.2.2 Target Group Access
61(2)
2.2.3 Participating Subjects
63(2)
2.3 Sample Selection Method
65(1)
2.4 Instruments
66(5)
2.4.1 The Control Groups
70(1)
3 FIELDWORK
71(28)
3.1 Pilot Study
71(9)
3.1.1 Pilot Study Findings
76(4)
3.2 Intermediate Stage
80(16)
3.2.1 Intermediate Stage Findings
83(13)
3.3 Survey
96(3)
4 QUANTITATIVE RESULTS
99(36)
4.1 Representativeness of Sample
99(2)
4.2 Comprehension Scales
101(4)
4.3 Fluency in Controlled Association
105(8)
4.4 Questionnaire
113(22)
5 QUALITATIVE RESULTS
135(34)
5.1 Survey Observations
135(2)
5.2 (Dis-)fluency
137(5)
5.3 Pragmatic Features
142(17)
5.4 Phonetic Features
159(3)
5.5 Lexical and Morpho-syntactic Features
162(5)
5.6 Summary of the Results
167(2)
6 CONCLUSION
169(4)
6.1 Summary of the Project on Language Attrition
169(2)
6.2 Future Research Suggestions
171(2)
7 NOTES
173(16)
7.1 Notes to Chapter 1
173(1)
7.2 Notes to Chapter 2
173(1)
7.3 Notes to Chapter 3
174(1)
7.4 Notes to Chapter 4
174(1)
7.5 Notes to Chapter 5
174(2)
7.6 Survey Sample
176(13)
8 BIBLIOGRAPHY
189

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