THE ACQUISITION OF SPATIAL RELATIONS IN A SECOND LANGUAGE -- Editorial page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Table of contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Transcription and presentation of recorded data -- 1 Background to the study -- 1.1 Aims of the analysis -- 1.2 "Second language acquisition by adult immigrants'': The European Science Foundation project -- 1.2.1 Motivation, time schedule and organisation -- 1.2.2 Design -- 1.3 Data base -- 1.3.1 Informants -- 1.3.2 Data collection techniques -- 1.4 Procedure for data analysis -- Notes -- 2 Theoretical framework -- 2.1 The processing of spatial expressions -- 2.1.1 The initial state -- 2.1.2 The input -- 2.1.3 The language learning capacity -- 2.1.4 Behaviour organisation -- 2.2 Frame of analysis -- 2.2.1 Localisation -- 2.2.2 The conceptualisation of space -- 2.2.3 The semantic form of locatives -- 2.2.4 The structuring of space into subspaces -- 2.2.5 The meaning of topological and axis-based locatives and the complexity of relations -- 2.2.6 Complex relata -- 2.2.7 The concept of distance -- 2.2.8 Change of place -- 2.2.9 Cross-linguistic variation -- Notes -- 3 The acquisition of English -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.1.1 Informants -- 3.1.2 Spatial expressions in English and Italian -- 3.2 Change of place -- 3.2.1 Cycle I -- 3.2.2 Cycle II -- 3.2.3 Cycle III -- 3.2.4 Conclusions -- 3.3 Location -- 3.3.1 Cycle I -- 3.3.2 Cycle II -- 3.3.3 Cycle III -- 3.4 Conclusions -- 3.4.1 The role of conceptual factors -- 3.4.2 Acquisition orders -- 3.4.3 Facilitating factors -- 4 The acquisition of German -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.1.1 Presentation of the chapter -- 4.1.2 Spatial expressions in German and Turkish -- 4.2 From Italian to German -- 4.2.1 Cycle I -- 4.2.2 Cycle II -- 4.2.3 Cycle III -- 4.3 Comparative Data: from Turkish to German -- 4.3.1 Cycle I -- 4.3.2 Cycle II -- 4.3.3. Cycle III.

4.4 Summary of learners of German -- 4.4.1 Change of place -- 4.4.2 Location -- Notes -- 5 The acquisition of French -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.1.1 Informants and data -- 5.1.2 Spatial expressions in French, Spanish and Moroccan Arabic -- 5.2 From Spanish to French -- 5.2.1 Cycle I -- 5.2.2 Cycle II -- 5.2.3 Cycle III -- 5.3 Comparative data: from Moroccan to French -- 5.3.1 Longitudinal analysis -- 5.3.2 Summary -- 5.4 Summary of learners of French -- Notes -- 6 General conclusions -- 6.1 Building up the basic variety -- 6.2 Beyond the basic variety -- 6.3 Determining factors -- APPENDIX: the learners -- References -- Author Index -- Subject Index.