Atie Blok-Boas

List of John Benjamins publications for which Atie Blok-Boas plays a role.

Blok-Boas, Atie en Elisabeth van der Linden 2005 Bezitsconstructies Bij Ééntalige En Tweetalige KinderenMeertaligheid zonder meer, pp. 147–156 | Article
Possessive constructions in French, Italian and Dutch are similar. Acquisition of these constructions therefore largely follows the same course. The differences between the languages lead to some cross-linguistic phenomena in bilingual first language acquisition. To a large extent, the stages in… read more
Linden, Elisabeth van der and Atie Blok-Boas 2005 Exploring possession in simultaneous bilingualism: Dutch/French and Dutch/ItalianEUROSLA Yearbook: Volume 5 (2005), Foster-Cohen, Susan H., María del Pilar García Mayo and Jasone Cenoz (eds.), pp. 103–135 | Article
Young children often express possession before they have mastered the linguistic means to express this notion in adult forms. In this paper we present evidence on the acquisition of possessive constructions in bilingual children acquiring a Germanic and a Romance language (i.e. Dutch/French and… read more
In this article, we discuss a course in academic writing for third-year students of Italian L2 at the university of Amsterdam. During the course, the students produce five argumentative texts. These texts are the end product of a series of tasks which cover the various stages of the writing… read more
In this article it is argued that the discussion about the effects of cognates on the acquisition of vocabulary should not be limited to cognatepairs in L1 and L2, but should also take into account the possible knowledge of cognates in other languages. Beginning students of Italian L2 scored… read more
In this article an attempt will be made to explain the nature of the non - native character of Italian L2 texts written by advanced Dutch university students by analyzing the various ways in which the nominal group is formed in these texts. It will be argued that the non -native character of the L2… read more
This article deals with problems of writing in a foreign language that are caused by language specific characteristics of the target language, in this case Italian. In writing texts in a foreign language, learners of that language have to cope with difficulties that are caused by certain categorial… read more