Der monolinguale und bilinguale Erwerb von Infinitivkonstruktionen

Drawing on three monolingual (German) and three bilingual (German/English) case studies, the study describes the (dual) first-language acquisition of German and English infinitive constructions and relates this to the overall processes operative in language acquisition. It transpires that previous assumptions about the course of English acquisition need to be diversified. Specific differences in the acquisition modes for German and English are interpreted and explained with reference to the principles-and-parameters model.