University of Vienna
Department of Linguistics/Philosophy
Learning a foreign language has always been rather demanding job. Learning our mother tongue, we have already acquired certain patterns of behavior that language units exhibit and when learning a new language we first notice the... more
Key words: English, nouns, meaning, number, alteration ABSTRACT Exceptions to the rules phenomenon within a language system have always been a problem in the process of learning a foreign language. There are prescribed rules about the use... more
Konversationsanalyse, die deutsche Übersetzung für „Conversation Analysis“, bezeichnet zumeist jene Forschungsrichtung, die eine Gruppe amerikanischer Soziologen um Harvey Sacks und Emanuel Schegloff in den 1960er Jahren initiiert hat,... more
- by Eva Vetter
This contribution draws on the preliminary results of a project that uses translanguaging and plurilingual texts during an intervention (of six months) in one primary and one lower secondary school class in Vienna. Although Viennese... more
- by Eva Vetter
ABSTRACT This contribution positions Breton minority language education, as supplied by Diwan, against the background of European and French language policy. Since intergenerational language transmission is practically non-existent in... more
Abstract This contribution begins with a terminological discussion of 'receptive multilingualism'and related concepts. Subsequently, approaches to developing receptive competences in Romance languages in general, and Italian in... more
This overview of six years of research on language learning and teaching in Austria covers a period of dynamic development in the field. While all the studies reviewed here illustrate research driven by a combination of local and global... more
Konversationsanalyse, die deutsche Übersetzung für Conversation Analysis , bezeichnet zumeist jene Forschungsrichtung, die eine Gruppe amerikanischer Soziologen um Harvey Sacks und Emanuel Schegloff in den 1960er Jahren initiiert hat,... more
- by Eva Vetter