@article{CoetzeeVanRooyPeters2021, author = {Coetzee-Van Rooy, Susan and Peters, Arne}, title = {A portrait-corpus study of language attitudes towards Afrikaans and English}, series = {Language matters : studies in the languages of Africa}, volume = {52}, journal = {Language matters : studies in the languages of Africa}, number = {2}, publisher = {Routledge, Taylor \& Francis Group}, address = {Abingdon}, issn = {1022-8195}, doi = {10.1080/10228195.2021.1942167}, pages = {3 -- 28}, year = {2021}, abstract = {Language portraits are useful instruments to elicit speakers' reflections on the languages in their repertoires. In this study, we implement a "portrait-corpus approach" (Peters and Coetzee-Van Rooy 2020) to investigate the conceptualisations of the languages Afrikaans and English in 105 language portraits. In this approach, we use participants' reflections about their placement of the two languages on a human silhouette as a linguistic corpus. Relying on quantitative and qualitative analyses using WordSmith, Statistica and Atlas.ti, our study shows that Afrikaans is mainly conceptualised as a language that is located in more peripheral areas of the body (for example, the hands and feet) and, hence, is perceived as less important in participants' repertoires. The central location of English in the head reveals its status as an important language in the participants' multilingual repertoires. We argue that these conceptualisations of Afrikaans and English provide additional insight into the attitudes towards these languages in South Africa.}, language = {en} } @article{Ette2018, author = {Ette, Ottmar}, title = {Languages about Languages}, series = {HiN : Alexander von Humboldt im Netz ; International Review for Humboldtian Studies}, volume = {XIX}, journal = {HiN : Alexander von Humboldt im Netz ; International Review for Humboldtian Studies}, number = {36}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}tsverlag Potsdam}, address = {Potsdam}, issn = {1617-5239}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-419414}, pages = {47 -- 61}, year = {2018}, abstract = {In the history of Humboldt research both brothers have been traditionally seen as representing the dichotomy between the humanities and the natural sciences. Today however, their similar approach to using and forming scientific language could be used as a starting point for conceiving a university, museum and even forum under one single Humboldtian science.}, language = {en} } @misc{Ganzer2024, type = {Master Thesis}, author = {Ganzer, Carolin}, title = {Sprachvernetzende Inhalte in den Franz{\"o}sischlehrwerken D{\´e}couvertes und {\`A} plus als Baustein der Mehrsprachigkeitsf{\"o}rderung}, doi = {10.25932/publishup-62318}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-623188}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, pages = {II, 79, XIII}, year = {2024}, abstract = {Die vorliegende Masterarbeit widmet sich der Frage, inwiefern die neuesten Lehrwerke f{\"u}r den gymnasialen Franz{\"o}sischunterricht, D{\´e}couvertes 1 (Klett) und {\`A} plus 1 (Cornelsen) aus dem Jahr 2020, sprachvernetzende Inhalte nutzen, um auf vorgelernte Sprachen und fr{\"u}here Spracherwerbsprozesse hinzuweisen oder darauf zur{\"u}ckzugreifen. Der Fokus liegt dabei auf der Schul- und/oder Erstsprache Deutsch sowie der ersten Fremdsprache Englisch, wobei auch andere auftretende Sprachen in die Untersuchung einbezogen werden. Die Arbeit leistet einen Beitrag zum fachdidaktischen Diskurs bez{\"u}glich mehrsprachigkeitsdidaktischer Inhalte in Fremdsprachenlehrwerken. Dar{\"u}ber hinaus kann sie Lehrkr{\"a}ften aufzeigen, wie diese aktuellen Lehrwerke ihren mehrsprachigkeitsorientierten Unterricht begleiten k{\"o}nnen. Die Einleitung betont die Relevanz der Sprachvernetzung f{\"u}r den Fremdsprachenunterricht, insbesondere im Hinblick auf die individuelle Mehrsprachigkeit der Sch{\"u}ler*innen. Es wird auf das Potenzial des interlingualen Transfers hingewiesen, das u. a. in einer Lernerleichterung sowie der F{\"o}rderung der Sprachbewusstheit und der Sprachlernbewusstheit besteht. In Kapitel 2 werden die theoretischen Grundlagen f{\"u}r die Analyse gelegt, indem Mehrsprachigkeit und Mehrsprachigkeitsdidaktik, Sprachvernetzung und ihr Potenzial n{\"a}her betrachtet werden. Zudem wird anhand des Deutschen und Englischen aufgezeigt, welches sprachliche Transferpotenzial im Anfangsunterricht Franz{\"o}sisch eingebracht werden k{\"o}nnte. Auch die Bedingungen daf{\"u}r, dass Sch{\"u}ler*innen den interlingualen Transfer in ihrem Spracherwerb einsetzen, werden besprochen. Kapitel 3 gibt einen {\"U}berblick {\"u}ber den Forschungsstand zu Sprachvernetzung und Mehrsprachigkeit in Fremdsprachenlehrwerken und identifiziert die Forschungsl{\"u}cke, die diese Arbeit zu schließen versucht. In Kapitel 4 werden die Forschungsfrage und ihre Unterfragen formuliert, die untersuchten Lehrwerke beschrieben und die Auswahl der Lehrwerke und der untersuchten Lehrwerkskomponenten begr{\"u}ndet. Zudem wird die Methodik der vergleichenden Lehrwerkanalyse erl{\"a}utert. Die Ergebnisse der Analyse werden in Kapitel 5 ausf{\"u}hrlich dargestellt. Es wird aufgezeigt, welche sprachvernetzenden Inhalte in den jeweiligen Lehrwerken vorkommen - in welcher Form und unter Einbezug welcher Sprachen und sprachlichen Ebenen. In Kapitel 6 werden die Ergebnisse diskutiert und analysiert, wobei auf die Mehrsprachigkeitskonzepte der Lehrwerke und die Trends bei den sprachvernetzenden Inhalten eingegangen wird. Im abschließenden Kapitel 7 wird zusammenfassend betont, dass beide Lehrwerke viele sprachvernetzende Inhalte anbieten, die das Potenzial haben, mehrsprachigkeitsdidaktisches Arbeiten zu unterst{\"u}tzen. Insbesondere auf der Produktionsebene werden jedoch noch zu wenige Transferprozesse initiiert. Zudem wird aufgezeigt, welche weiteren Untersuchungen erg{\"a}nzend m{\"o}glich sind, z. B. hinsichtlich des Einsatzes der sprachvernetzenden Inhalte im Unterricht.}, language = {de} } @misc{Hauenstein2023, type = {Master Thesis}, author = {Hauenstein, Silke}, title = {„Auf einmal der Hund hat sich mies erschrocken." Eine korpuslinguistische Analyse von V3-Deklarativa mono- und bilingualer L1-Sprecher:innen sowie fortgeschrittener Lernender des Deutschen}, doi = {10.25932/publishup-58314}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-583140}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, pages = {111}, year = {2023}, abstract = {V3-Deklarativa - wie z.B. ‚Auf einmal der Hund hat sich mies erschrocken' - kommen sowohl bei bilingualen als auch bei monolingualen L1-Sprecher:innen des Deutschen vor. Im Rahmen einer korpuslinguistischen Analyse anhand des RUEG-Korpus (Wiese et al. 2021) untersucht diese Masterarbeit die folgende Fragestellung: In welchen Kontexten verwenden mono- und bilinguale Sprecher:innen des Deutschen genuines V3? Dabei bezieht sich der Begriff ‚Kontext' sowohl auf das Setting, in dem die V3-Deklarativa produziert werden (mediale und konzeptionelle M{\"u}ndlichkeit und Schriftlichkeit), als auch den linguistischen Kontext (syntaktische, semantische, informationsstrukturelle und phonologische Eigenschaften der pr{\"a}verbalen Konstituenten). Die Korpusuntersuchung ergibt, dass V3-Belege in allen Settings und in allen Sprecher:innengruppen auftreten. Die bilingualen Sprecher:innen verwenden insgesamt h{\"a}ufiger V3 als die monolingualen, wobei jedoch große Frequenzunterschiede je nach Heritage-Sprache vorliegen. Hinsichtlich der pr{\"a}verbalen Konstituenten best{\"a}tigt sich die bereits in der vorherigen Forschung identifizierte Tendenz zur syntaktischen Abfolge Adverbial-Subjekt und zur semantischen Abfolge Zeit-Person. Neben Temporaladverbialen erscheinen insbesondere Satzadverbiale als initiale Konstituente. Auf Ebene der Informationsstruktur kann den initialen Adverbialen zu fast 94\% die Funktion eines Diskurslinkers oder Framesetters zugeschrieben werden, was die These einer informationsstrukturellen Motivation der V3-Stellung bekr{\"a}ftigt. Eine zweite Korpusanalyse anhand des Korpus Falko der Humboldt-Universit{\"a}t zu Berlin zeigt, dass sich auch bei V3-Deklarativa fortgeschrittener DaF-Lernender eine informationsstrukturelle Motivation der Syntax geltend machen l{\"a}sst. Insgesamt pl{\"a}diert die Masterarbeit somit f{\"u}r einen ressourcenorientierten Blick auf V3-Strukturen.}, language = {de} } @article{LagoGarciaFelser2019, author = {Lago, Sol and Garcia, Anna Stutter and Felser, Claudia}, title = {The role of native and non-native grammars in the comprehension of possessive pronouns}, series = {Second language research}, volume = {35}, journal = {Second language research}, number = {3}, publisher = {Sage Publ.}, address = {London}, issn = {0267-6583}, doi = {10.1177/0267658318770491}, pages = {319 -- 349}, year = {2019}, abstract = {Previous studies have shown that multilingual speakers are influenced by their native (L1) and non-native (L2) grammars when learning a new language. But, so far, these studies have mostly used untimed metalinguistic tasks. Here we examine whether multilinguals' prior grammars also affect their sensitivity to morphosyntactic constraints during processing. We use speeded judgment and self-paced reading tasks to examine the comprehension of German possessive pronouns. To investigate whether native and non-native grammars differentially affect participants' performance, we compare two groups of non-native German speakers with inverse L1-L2 distributions: a group with L1 Spanish - L2 English, and a group with L1 English - L2 Spanish. We show that the reading profiles of both groups are modulated by their L1 grammar, with L2 proficiency selectively affecting participants' judgment accuracy but not their reading times. We propose that reading comprehension is mainly influenced by multilinguals' native grammar, but that knowledge of an L2 grammar can further increase sensitivity to morphosyntactic violations in an additional language.}, language = {en} } @article{MaluchKempert2019, author = {Maluch, Jessica Tsimprea and Kempert, Sebastian Benjamin}, title = {Bilingual profiles and third language learning: the effects of the manner of learning, sequence of bilingual acquisition, and language use practices}, series = {International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism}, volume = {22}, journal = {International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism}, number = {7}, publisher = {Routledge, Taylor \& Francis Group}, address = {Abingdon}, issn = {1367-0050}, doi = {10.1080/13670050.2017.1322036}, pages = {870 -- 882}, year = {2019}, abstract = {This study investigates the effect of bilingualism on learning English as a foreign language (L3), examining the impact of manner and sequence of bilingual acquisition and learning as well as language use practices in language minority children. With a sample of 1295 German eighth and ninth graders (bilingual: n = 456, monolingual: n = 839), we examined if certain aspects of bilingualism present an advantageous condition for learning English as a foreign language in bilingual language minority students. Controlling for socio-economic status, indicators of cultural capital, and gender, the regression analyses revealed higher L3 listening and reading outcomes for bilinguals who received formal instruction in their minority language, had acquired both languages in their first three years, and switched more often between their two languages, when compared to their other bilingual and monolingual peers. The discussion focuses on the importance for bilingual children in immigrant communities to have high proficiencies in both majority and minority languages in order to develop advantages in foreign language learning.}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{Mosca2017, author = {Mosca, Michela}, title = {Multilinguals' language control}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-398912}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, pages = {V, 189}, year = {2017}, abstract = {For several decades, researchers have tried to explain how speakers of more than one language (multilinguals) manage to keep their languages separate and to switch from one language to the other depending on the context. This ability of multilingual speakers to use the intended language, while avoiding interference from the other language(s) has recently been termed "language control". A multitude of studies showed that when bilinguals process one language, the other language is also activated and might compete for selection. According to the most influential model of language control developed over the last two decades, competition from the non-intended language is solved via inhibition. In particular, the Inhibitory Control (IC) model proposed by Green (1998) puts forward that the amount of inhibition applied to the non-relevant language depends on its dominance, in that the stronger the language the greater the strength of inhibition applied to it. Within this account, the cost required to reactivate a previously inhibited language depends on the amount of inhibition previously exerted on it, that is, reactivation costs are greater for a stronger compared to a weaker language. In a nutshell, according to the IC model, language control is determined by language dominance. The goal of the present dissertation is to investigate the extent to which language control in multilinguals is affected by language dominance and whether and how other factors might influence this process. Three main factors are considered in this work: (i) the time speakers have to prepare for a certain language or PREPARATION TIME, (ii) the type of languages involved in the interactional context or LANGUAGE TYPOLOGY, and (iii) the PROCESSING MODALITY, that is, whether the way languages are controlled differs between reception and production. The results obtained in the four manuscripts, either published or in revision, indicate that language dominance alone does not suffice to explain language switching patterns. In particular, the present thesis shows that language control is profoundly affected by each of the three variables described above. More generally, the findings obtained in the present dissertation indicate that language control in multilingual speakers is a much more dynamic system than previously believed and is not exclusively determined by language dominance, as predicted by the IC model (Green, 1998).}, language = {en} } @article{Navratil2020, author = {Navratil, Michael}, title = {Sprach‑ und Weltalternativen}, series = {Interlitteraria : Tartu {\"U}likooli Maailmakirjanduse {\~O}ppetooli ja Eesti V{\~o}rdleva Kirjandusteaduse Assotsiatsiooni aastakiri}, volume = {25}, journal = {Interlitteraria : Tartu {\"U}likooli Maailmakirjanduse {\~O}ppetooli ja Eesti V{\~o}rdleva Kirjandusteaduse Assotsiatsiooni aastakiri}, number = {2}, publisher = {Tartu {\"U}likooli Kirjastus}, address = {Tartu}, issn = {1406-0701}, doi = {10.12697/IL.2020.25.2.20}, pages = {522 -- 539}, year = {2020}, abstract = {Multilingualism and the alternate history genre have something in common: both phenomena are based on the construction of alternatives, in the case of multilingualism on the alternatives between different languages and communication systems, and in the case of the alternate history genre on the alternatives between real-world facts and the variation thereof within fictional worlds. This article investigates the interconnections between these two forms of thinking in alternatives by looking specifically at Quentin Tarantino's counterfactual war film Inglourious Basterds (2009) and Christian Kracht's alternate history novel Ich werde hier sein im Sonnenschein und im Schatten (2008). I argue that the consideration of language alternatives forms part of the meta-reflection of the alternate history genre in these works while at the same time opening up a political perspective: in Tarantino's film and Kracht's novel, multilingualism serves as a means for the critique of ideology by rendering palpable the political threats of a worldview based on clear-cut alternatives. In the article's final section, I plead for the establishment of stronger links between the research on literary multilingualism and the theory of fiction.}, language = {de} } @misc{PaesslerAndressDuranCasasetal.2018, author = {P{\"a}ßler, Ulrich and Andress, Reinhard and Dur{\´a}n Casas, Vicente and Ette, Ottmar and H{\"u}lsenberg, Dagmar and Schmuck, Thomas and Sundermann, Werner}, title = {HiN : Alexander von Humboldt im Netz}, series = {HIN : Alexander von Humboldt im Netz ; international review for Humboldtian studies}, volume = {XIX}, journal = {HIN : Alexander von Humboldt im Netz ; international review for Humboldtian studies}, number = {36}, editor = {Ette, Ottmar and Knobloch, Eberhard}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}tsverlag Potsdam}, address = {Potsdam}, issn = {2568-3543}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-410919}, pages = {109}, year = {2018}, abstract = {Inhalt: -Ulrich P{\"a}ßler: Die edition humboldt digital. Dokumente zur Neuausgabe der Ideen zu einer Geographie der Pflanzen (1825-1826) -Reinhard Andress: Eduard Dorsch and his unpublished poem on the occasion of Humboldt's 100th birthday -Vicente Dur{\´a}n Casas: Immanuel Kant, Alexander von Humboldt and the Tequendama Fall. Two Prussians linked by Geography -Ottmar Ette: Languages about Languages: Two Brothers and one Humboldtian Science -Dagmar H{\"u}lsenberg: Alexander von Humboldts Erl{\"a}uterungen zu {\"O}fen f{\"u}r die Herstellung von Keramik- und Glaserzeugnissen -Thomas Schmuck: Missgl{\"u}ckte Begegnung. Der kurze Briefwechsel zwischen Leopold von Buch und Goethe -Werner Sundermann: Alexander von Humboldt und das Persische}, language = {de} } @book{SchroederSchellhardtAkincietal.2015, author = {Schroeder, Christoph and Schellhardt, Christin and Akinci, Mehmet-Ali and Dollnick, Meral and Dux, Ginesa and G{\"u}lbeyaz, Esin I{\c{s}}{\i}l and J{\"a}hnert, Anne and Ko{\c{c}}-G{\"u}lt{\"u}rk, Ceren and K{\"u}hmstedt, Patrick and Kuhn, Florian and Mezger, Verena and Pfaff, Carol and {\"U}rkmez, Bet{\"u}l Sena}, title = {MULTILIT}, editor = {Schroeder, Christoph and Schellhardt, Christin}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-80390}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, year = {2015}, abstract = {This paper presents an overview of the linguistic analyses developed in the MULTILIT project and the processing of the oral and written texts collected. The project investigates the language abilities of multilingual children and adolescents, in particular, those who have Turkish and/or Kurdish as a mother tongue. A further aim of the project is to examine from a psycholinguistic and sociolinguistic perspective the extent to which competence in academic registers is achieved on the basis of the languages spoken by the children, including the language(s) spoken at the home, the language of the country of residence and the first foreign language. To be able to examine these questions using corpus linguistic parameters, we created categories of analysis in MULTILIT. The data collection comprises texts from bilingual and monolingual children and adolescents in Germany in their first language Turkish, their second language German und their foreign language English. Pupils aged between nine and twenty years of age produced monologue oral and written texts in the two genres of narrative and discursive. On the basis of these samples, we examine linguistic features such as lexical expression (lexical density, lexical diversity), syntactic complexity (syntactic and discursive packaging) as well as phonology in the oral texts and orthography in the written texts, with the aim of investigating the pupils' growing mastery of these features in academic and informal registers. To this end the raw data have been transcribed by the use of transcription conventions developed especially for the needs of the MULTILIT data. They are based on the commonly used HIAT and GAT transcription conventions and supplemented with conventions that provide additional information such as features at the graphic level. The categories of analysis comprise a large number of linguistic categories such as word classes, syntax, noun phrase complexity, complex verbal morphology, direct speech and text structures. We also annotate errors and norm deviations at a wide range of levels (orthographic, morphological, lexical, syntactic and textual). In view of the different language systems, these criteria are considered separately for all languages investigated in the project.}, language = {en} }