Here's the kind of thing to expect from the article: "Research with second language users shows a relationship between linguistic proficiency in such grammatic

Here's the kind of thing to expect from the article: "Research with second language users shows a relationship between linguistic proficiency in such grammatical constructions and the frequency with which speakers mention the goals of events." —where 'mentioning goals of events' means using the grammatical constructions these people are more proficient with. So, people who are more proficient with X use X more... But, they're really trying to push their perspective, saying things like: "The worldview assumed by German speakers is A HOLISTIC ONE – they tend to look at the event as a whole – whereas English speakers tend to zoom in on the event and focus only on the action." The capital letters are mine, referring to their hypertext connecting to this paper: http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/ling.2012.50.issue-4/ling-2012-0026/ling-2012-0026.xml http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/ling.2012.50.issue-4/ling-20... —whose abstract makes it clear how much they're stretching it by saying "the worldview assumed by German speakers is a holistic one," and then following up with a section titled "Switch languages, change perspective" edit: typo