A priori analysis of errors in grammatical gender (with regard to the learner's first language)
Vol.23,No.4(2013)
Abstract
Keywords:
grammatical categories; grammatical gender; grammatical errors; Slavic language; cognate non-Slavic language; language not cognate to Croatian
Pages:
174–186
The learners of a language as an L2 make different errors in the language they are learning. One type of errors pertains to grammatical errors. How easy or difficult individual language segments are to master depends on many factors, among others, on the learner's first language. Using the example of the grammatical category of gender, the paper discusses how description and teaching of grammar should (also) be based on familiarity with the similarities and differences between grammatical categories in different languages. This further includes an a priori analysis of grammatical errors made by learners of Croatian as an L2: those whose first language is a Slavic language, or a cognate non-Slavic language, or a language not cognate to Croatian.
grammatical categories; grammatical gender; grammatical errors; Slavic language; cognate non-Slavic language; language not cognate to Croatian
174–186