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The L2 Acquisition of Tense-Aspect Morphology (Language Acquisition and Language Disorders)

By American Association for Applied Linguistics , M. Rafael Salaberry , Yasuhiro Shirai , Rafael Salaberry

Book information

Publisher
John Benjamins Publishing Company
Year
2002
ISBN
9027224951, 9789027224958, 1588112179, 9781588112170
LCC
P118.2 .L17 2002
Open Library ID
OL12324358M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
5 MB (5396716 bytes)
Series
Language Acquisition and Language Disorders
Pages
496\496
Scanned
no
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

The present volume provides a cross-linguistic perspective on the development of tense-aspect in L2 acquisition. Data-based studies included in this volume deal with the analysis of a wide range of target languages: Chinese, English, Italian, French, Japanese, and Spanish. Theoretical frameworks used to evaluate the nature of the empirical evidence range from generative grammar to functional-typological linguistics. Several studies focus on the development of past tense markers, but other issues such as the acquisition of a future marker are also addressed. An introductory chapter outlines some theoretical and methodological issues that serves as relevant preliminary reading for most of the chapters included in this volume. Additionally, a preliminary chapter offers a substantive review of first language acquisition of tense-aspect morphology. The analysis of the various languages included in this volume significantly advances our understanding of this phenomenon, and will serve as an important basis for future research.

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