Language-specific considerations of the development of L2 grammar-for-interaction: The case of ich weiß nicht “I don’t know” and keine Ahnung “no clue” in L2 German
- In our study, we investigate the development of grammar-for-interaction in L2 German by one speaker — Nina — over the course of a 12-month sojourn to Germany. We use IL to track the change-in-use of linguistic structures specific to German to investigate the relationship between its linguistic resources and the development of an L2 grammar-for-interaction. We chose four sets of linguistic structures that cover different aspects of German grammar: – Lexis: the use of the adverb also ‘so’ as a discourse marker – Syntax and subordinating conjunctions: verb placement following the conjunction weil ‘because’ – Multi-word constructions: Ich weiß nicht “I don’t know” and keine Ahnung “no clue” – Syntax and complement-taking predicates: Verba sentiendi like glauben “to believe”, denken “to think”, and meinen “to mean”
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| Author: | Sam Schirm, Sophia FiedlerORCiD |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:bsz:mh39-131771 |
| URL: | https://www.conversationanalysis.org/language-specific-considerations-of-the-development-of-l2-grammar-for-interaction-the-case-of-ich-weis-nicht-i-dont-know-and-keine-ahnung-no-clue-in-l2-german/ |
| Parent Title (German): | ISCA. The International Society for Conversation Analysis. Newsletter |
| Document Type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Year of first Publication: | 2024 |
| Date of Publication (online): | 2025/05/27 |
| Publishing Institution: | Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache (IDS) |
| Publicationstate: | Veröffentlichungsversion |
| Reviewstate: | (Verlags)-Lektorat |
| Tag: | L2 grammar-for-interaction |
| GND Keyword: | Deutsch; Fremdsprache; Fremdsprachenlernen; Grammatik; Interaktion |
| Page Number: | 10 |
| DDC classes: | 400 Sprache / 430 Deutsch |
| Open Access?: | ja |
| BDSL-Classification: | Grammatik |
| Linguistics-Classification: | Grammatikforschung |
| Linguistics-Classification: | Zweitspracherwerb / Fremdspracherwerb |
| Licence (German): |  Urheberrechtlich geschützt |