Open AccessHjælp! Jeg har mistede min yndlings rød taske. Et studie af grammatikafvigelser
Author(s) -
Katrine Falcon Søby,
Line Burholt Kristensen
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
ny forskning i grammatik
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2446-1709
pISSN - 1902-1291
DOI - 10.7146/nfg.v0i26.115995
Subject(s) - grammar , linguistics , lexicon , orthography , computer science , emergent grammar , natural language processing , philosophy , reading (process)
Grammar anomalies are frequent in texts produced by second language learners. When describing these anomalies, two main issues arise: What is anomalous use of grammar? And how are grammar anomalies distinct from orthographic and lexical anomalies? We review earlier error-definitions and suggest defining grammar anomalies according to an explicit norm instead of L1 usage. We propose a broader definition of grammar than in previous studies, based on Boye & Harder (2012). The distinction between grammar, lexicon and orthography is illustrated with data from 28 adult L1 English learners of L2 Danish. In the corpus, 55.9 % of the anomalies were related to grammar. Finally, we discuss how definitions and procedures can be used in future studies of naturally occurring grammar anomalies.