Ton van der Geest

List of John Benjamins publications for which Ton van der Geest plays a role.

In this article conversational analysis is criticised as to theory and practice. In terms of internal criticism it is argued that 1. there is a lack of theoretical starting points which makes observation less fruitful than possible; 2. the anti-structural attitude, however understandable, is… read more
van der Geest, Ton en Jan Berenst 1985 Communicatief Tweede-Taalonderwijs: Onderzoek en InterventieNederlands als tweede taal, pp. 94–104 | Article
Language acquisition research is dominated by three major hypotheses: the innate hypothesis, the cognitive hypothesis and the interactive input hypothesis. An attempt is described to find support either for one of the first two or for the third hypothesis in a pilot study of the effects of two… read more
Grezel, Jan Erik, Hans Buiter en Ton van der Geest 1983 Het Effect Van Monitor-Gebruik Op Het Nederlands Als Tweede TaalToegepaste Taalwetenschap in Artikelen 17, pp. 58–81 | Article
In this paper the effect of monitoring in the acquisition of Dutch as a second language has been investigated in a descriptive design. Starting point was an experimental investigation, carried out by Hulstijn (1982). As his investigation was restricted to only two variables, a number of… read more
In this article it is assumed that verbal and nonverbal aspects of communication should be accounted for in one integrative theory, as is for instance proposed by Watzlawick et al. (1967). The article examines the question whether Maccoby & Jacklin's (1973) hypotheses concerning sex differences… read more
Language acquisitional processes are assumed to be interactional by nature: the language teacher (mother) and the language learner (pupil/child) influence each other's communicative behavior in such a way that linguistic input is optimalized for both the informational transfer and the acquisition… read more