Summary and Conclusion

Abstract

AbstractChapter 10 evaluates the types of errors observed in the data. It distinguishes between deviations having resulted from (i) external factors, (ii) internal factors, and (iii) practices of language acquisition, with at times blurred boundaries. Chapter 10 evaluates the correlation between the type of error and the type of syntactic domain as well as the type of context (free, semi-formulaic, formulaic) affected. Chapter 10 sets contextual flags for accumulations of errors, code-switches, the treatment of personal names, and extra-linguistic information about the writers. These contextual flags are considered specifically for passages that could not be clearly assigned to one type of error before. Finally, Chapter 10 considers the correlation between the circumstances and approaches of second-language acquisition and the second-language-acquisition-related errors observed. The chapter closes with a brief outlook and suggestions for further research.