| Tense and Aspect in Second Lanugage Contributor(s): Bardovi-Harlig, Kathleen (Author), Young, Richard F. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0631221492 ISBN-13: 9780631221494 Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell OUR PRICE: $63.31 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 2000 Annotation: This book explores the acquisition of tense and aspect by adult second language learners of nine target languages. The author focuses on the association of form and meaning in learners' emerging system of temporal expression. The book provides a survey and synthesis of studies from five perspectives: the meaning-oriented approach, acquisitional sequences, the aspect hypothesis, the discourse hypothesis, and the effect of instruction. In addition, original longitudinal and cross-sectional studies on the acquisition of English by the author illustrate each of the perspectives and explore the importance of research design and analysis in acquisition research. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General |
| Dewey: 410 |
| Series: Language Learning Monograph |
| Physical Information: 1.05" H x 6.01" W x 8.99" (1.40 lbs) 512 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book explores the association of form and meaning in the acquisition of tense and aspect by adult learners of nine target languages. The book provides a survey and synthesis of studies from five perspectives: meaning-oriented approaches, acquisitional sequences, the aspect hypothesis, the discourse hypothesis, and the effect of instruction |
