De invloed van de moedertaal op de verwerving van het Nederlands - Een onderzoek naar 13 West-Europese eerste talen

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ID22300122
AuthorsFrans Van Der Slik (0000-0003-3212-8351, corresponding author)
Year2009
Volume84
Issue2
Pages152-176
Publication date2009-06-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueMens & Maatschappij (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0025-9454 • E-ISSN: 1876-2816
PublisherAmsterdam University Press (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.5117/mem2009.2.ders
OpenAlexW2141221853
LanguageNL
References cited16

The impact of the mother tongue on the acquisition of Dutch as a destination language: The case of 13 West-European first languages .This study reports on the impact of 13 West-European first languages spoken in 18 different language regions on the acquisition of Dutch. Results based on data from approximately 5,500 first-generation migrants, showed that the mother tongue had a considerable impact on the scores for two language skills as measured by the State Exam Dutch as a Second Language, namely oral and written proficiency in Dutch. Multilevel analyses revealed that the effect of the mother tongue could adequately be modeled by means of the cognate linguistic distance measure, adopted from McMahon and McMahon (2005). The explanatory power of the genetic linguistic distance measure (Cavalli-Sforza et al., 1994) was rather poor. In addition, migrant characteristics (age of arrival, length of residence, number of hours of Dutch lessons, education, and gender) and the contextual characteristic quality of schooling in the country of origin contributed to the explanation of the variation in Dutch speaking and writing skills

Art · Explanatory power · First language · Geography · Humanities · Linguistics · Residence · Second language · Sociology · Variation (astronomy) · Demography · History · Language and cultural evolution · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Multilingual Education and Policy · Philosophy · Psychology

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