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Modal particles and learners' dictionaries: a dictionary usage research study with Portuguese learners of German
| Resumo: | Modal particles (MPs) pose a challenge not only in its linguistic description but also in its acquisition and usage by foreign language learners. The number of articles written, and studies conducted on the pedagogical aspects of MPs has steadily increased since the late 1960’s but only a few have dealt with the lexicographical treatment of these lexemes and its interplay with language acquisition. This dissertation aims to bridge this gap by conducting a study on the comprehensibility of usage explanations given in German learner’s dictionaries. The study relates information found in pertinent literature about the acquisition, didactics and lexicographic documentation of MPs with the experiment conducted with learners of German at the Universidade do Minho in Braga, Portugal. Based on a 1981 study by Aila Husso, articles from the pioneer German learners’ dictionary Langenscheidt Großwörterbuch Deutsch als Fremdsprache (LGwDaF) are factored and controlled in the experiment. The results of the experiment are analyzed statistically and are complemented by a qualitative analysis from a questionnaire given to the participants. |
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| Autores principais: | Catacata, Chrisanto Estobio |
| Assunto: | Modal particles Learners’ dictionaries Lexicography Dictionary usage research Partículas modais Dicionários de aprendizagem Lexicografia Investigação sobre o uso de dicionários |
| Ano: | 2018 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | dissertação de mestrado |
| Tipo de acesso: | acesso aberto |
| Instituição associada: | Universidade do Minho |
| Idioma: | inglês |
| Origem: | RepositóriUM - Universidade do Minho |
| Resumo: | Modal particles (MPs) pose a challenge not only in its linguistic description but also in its acquisition and usage by foreign language learners. The number of articles written, and studies conducted on the pedagogical aspects of MPs has steadily increased since the late 1960’s but only a few have dealt with the lexicographical treatment of these lexemes and its interplay with language acquisition. This dissertation aims to bridge this gap by conducting a study on the comprehensibility of usage explanations given in German learner’s dictionaries. The study relates information found in pertinent literature about the acquisition, didactics and lexicographic documentation of MPs with the experiment conducted with learners of German at the Universidade do Minho in Braga, Portugal. Based on a 1981 study by Aila Husso, articles from the pioneer German learners’ dictionary Langenscheidt Großwörterbuch Deutsch als Fremdsprache (LGwDaF) are factored and controlled in the experiment. The results of the experiment are analyzed statistically and are complemented by a qualitative analysis from a questionnaire given to the participants. |
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