Lidwoorden op z’n Tsjechisch: Problematisch lidwoordgebruik van volwassen Tsjechische leerders Nederlands
Articles in Czech: problematic use of articles in Dutch by adult Czech learners

Summary/Abstract: This paper examines article use in Dutch by adult Czech learners. Since Dutch does have the category of articles and Czech, as the majority of Slavic languages with the exception of Bulgarian and Macedonian, does not, the acquisition of this grammatical phenomenon can be very problematic. The aim of this paper is to define the main issues involved in the article acquisition in Dutch by Czech learners. Firstly, the paper briefly refers to recent research on second language acquisition of articles based on the mentalistic and behavioristic dichotomy. Further, the article use in Dutch and the way to express similar issues in Czech are described. Some characteristics of articles, such as definiteness, specificity and grammatical gender, are discussed. Finally, an error analysis is carried out in order to determine the biggest stumbling blocks of the article use in Dutch by adult Czech learners.

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