On the influence of the first language on orthographic competences in German as a second language
A comparative analysis
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21196848 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Hans‐Georg Müller (0000-0003-3561-8233, University of Potsdam), Hans-Georg Müller (University of Potsdam), Casey Schroeder (0000-0003-1188-7746, University of Potsdam, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 449-473 |
| Publication date | 2024-03-25 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Applied Linguistics Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1868-6303 • E-ISSN: 1868-6311 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1515/applirev-2020-0145 |
| OpenAlex | W4283310671 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 20 |
This article presents an empirical study on selected aspects of the orthographic performance of mono- and bilingual students in German. Particular attention is paid to the question whether a connection can be drawn between the orthographic performance of the bilingual students in German and their first language. For this purpose, a corpus is analyzed with data from approx. 800 test students. One group is monolingual in German, one is bilingual German–Turkish and one is bilingual German–Russian. A highly significant influence of Russian resp. Turkish on the performance to differentiate between tense and lax vowels is found. This corresponds to expectations insofar as in opposition to German, neither in Turkish nor in Russian, tense and lax vowels are distinguished phonologically. In other areas of orthography, this influence of the first language is not measurable or not to the same extent
German · Linguistics · Orthography · Portuguese · Turkish · Linguistic Education and Pedagogy · Linguistic research and analysis · Philosophy · Psychology · Second Language Acquisition and Learning
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |