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This study deals with variation in grammar both from a theoretical
and an empirical point of view. In Part I (Chaps. 1-4), an attempt
is made to char acterize this phenomenon within the broader context
of what might be called the "fluctuating character of natu'ral
language," and to develop suitable and precise descriptive
techniques that account for it. The method which is pro posed here
is called "variety grammar" - roughly speaking, this is a formal
grammar with probabilistic weighting for an ordered set of
varieties, such as dialects, sociolects, registers, or
developmental stages. In Part II (Chaps. 5-8), this technique is
applied to an important area of grammatical variation - to the
process of second language acquisition in social context, based on
a large investigation of the language behavior of foreign migrant
workers acquiring German through everyday contacts. We have tried
to characterize their "developing grammars" and to relate this
complex developmental process to social and individual factors that
determine it."
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