Contextualizing Past Tenses in L2: Combined Effects and Interactions in the Present Perfect versus Simple Past Alternation
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DOI: 10.1093/applin/amaa017
Abstract: This multifactorial corpus-based exploration of past tenses focuses specifically on the present perfect (PP) versus simple past (SP) alternation in intermediate-to-advanced learner English produced by French and German native speakers. While existing work on past… read more here.
Keywords: past alternation; past tenses; versus simple; simple past ... See more keywords
L1 French learning of L2 Spanish past tenses: L1 transfer versus aspect and interface issues
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DOI: 10.14746/ssllt.2017.7.3.7
Abstract: This paper examines the process of acquiring L2s that are closely related to the L1 through data on how adult French speakers learning L2 Spanish in a formal setting develop knowledge and use of past… read more here.
Keywords: interface issues; learning spanish; past tenses; spanish past ... See more keywords