Adverbial Relations in Turkish-German Bilingualism

The Turkish Language in diaspora is in process of change due to different Language constellations of immigrants and the dominance of majority Languages. This led to a great interest in various research areas, particularly in linguistics. Against this background, this study focuses on developmental change in the use of adverbial clause-combining constructions in Turkish-German bilingual students' oral and written text Production. It illustrates the use of non-finite constructions and some unique alternative strategies to express adverbial relations with authentic examples in Turkish and German. The findings contribute to a better understanding of how bilingual competencies vary in expressing adverbial relations depending on Language contact and extra-linguistic factors.

About the author

Dr. Seda Yilmaz Wörfel completed a Ph.D. in German linguistics at the University of Potsdam, Germany. She works as a research associate at the Mercator-Institute for Literacy and Language Education at the University of Cologne. Her research interests are Turkish-German Bilingualism, Second Language Acquisition, Multiliteracy and Language Contact.

Product details

• Authors: Seda Yilmaz Wörfel
• Publisher: Waxmann Verlag GmbH
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.08.2022
• EAN: 9783830945420
• ISBN: 978-3-8309-4542-0
• No. of pages: 268
• Dimensions: 151 mm x 16 mm x 212 mm
• Weight: 390 g
• Series: Mehrsprachigkeit; Mehrsprachigkeit / Multilingualism
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics