1. The effectiveness of animacy distinctions for learning case marking in second language German instruction Open Access Author: DiMidio, Jack Andrew Title: The effectiveness of animacy distinctions for learning case marking in second language German instruction Area of Honors: German Keywords: GermanProcessing InstructionAnimacy DistinctionL2First Noun PrincipleCase MarkingProsodyLexical Semantics File: Download DiMidio_Jack_GerLingAnim.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Carrie Neal Jackson, Thesis SupervisorSamuel Mark Frederick, Thesis Honors Advisor