This volume presents a state-of-the-art descriptive and explanatory analysis of the second language development of Romance tense-aspect systems. It contains new experimental data from adult French, Catalan, Portuguese learners, and Italian children learners. Standing research questions are… read more
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… read more
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… read more
Despite the salient benefits of using language corpora to guide and promote second language acquisition, it is not a straightforward proposition to develop a pedagogical approach based on the use of a language corpus. In the present chapter, we address the implementation of Flowerdew’s concept… read more
The construct of aspect spans a broad range of meanings, starting with the very basic description of temporality conveyed by the predicate alone (lexical aspect) to the maximum descriptive level of representation of temporality conveyed by discourse structures (narrativity) and pragmatics in… read more
Aspect is a complex grammatical concept inherently affected by contextual information. Such complexity may be determined by stark contrasts between levels of information and layers of context affecting its interpretation. Convergence in aspectual interpretation decreases as layers of contextual… read more
