Tense and Aspect in Second Language Acquisition Form, Meaning, and Use [Paperback]

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 instructionChapter 1. The Study of Time Talk in Second Language Acquisition.

Early Studies of Verbal Morphology.

Phonetic Constraints.

Investigating the Expression of Temporality.

Methods of Research and Analysis.

Overview of the Book.

Chapter 2. Meaning-Oriented Studies of Temporality.

Expressing Temporality.

Pragmatic Means for Expressing Temporality.

Lexical Means for Expressing Temporality.

Comprehension of Verbal Morphology.

Limitations of Lexical Expression.

Morphological Means for Expressing Temporality.

Multiple Means for Expressing Temporality.

Two Examples.

Study 1: Adverbials and the Acquisition of Simple Past Morphology.

Study 2: adverbials and Morphology in Reverse-Order Reports.

Chapter Summary.

Chapter 3. The Emergence of Verbal Morphology.

Tense-Aspect Morphology in European Languages.

Tense-Aspect Morphology Related to past in English.

The acquisition of Tense-Aspect Morphology.

Longitudinal Studies of the Acquisition of Tense-Aspect Morphology.

Cross-Sectional Studies of the Acquisition of Tense-aspect Morphology.

A Study of the Emergence to Tense-Aspect Morphology Related to Past in English.

Method.

Analysis and Results.

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