Description
| Summary: | 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 som.
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| Item Description: | "This volume grew out of a colloquium on 'Description and explanation in L2 acquisition of tense-aspect morphology ... ' organized by the editors of this volume at the 21st Annual Meeting of AAAL (American Association for Applied Linguistics) held at Stamford, CT, in March 1999." |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (vi, 487 pages) : illustrations |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
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| ISBN: | 9789027296252
9027296251
9781588112170
1588112179
9027224951
9789027224958
1282161024
9781282161023
9786612161025
6612161027 |
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| ISSN: | 0925-0123 ; |
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| Language: | English. |
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| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
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