The Development of Past Tense Morphology in L2 Spanish.

This book presents an extended analysis of the development of L2 Spanish past tense morphology among L1 English-speaking learners. The study addresses three major questions: (1) what is the developmental pattern of acquisition of past tense verbal morphology among tutored learners? (2) what are the...

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Main Author: Salaberry, M. Rafael
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam/Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2001.
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Summary:This book presents an extended analysis of the development of L2 Spanish past tense morphology among L1 English-speaking learners. The study addresses three major questions: (1) what is the developmental pattern of acquisition of past tense verbal morphology among tutored learners? (2) what are the relevant factors that may account for the particular distribution of morphological endings (especially at the beginning stages)?, and (3) how does instruction affect the movement from one stage to the next? The analysis provides a reassessment of the general claim of Andersen's lexical aspect hypoth.
Physical Description:1 online resource (223 pages)
ISBN:9789027298836
9027298831
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.