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Beyond the Aspect Hypothesis: Tense-Aspect Development in Advanced L2 French

Beyond the Aspect Hypothesis: Tense-Aspect Development in Advanced L2 French

Paperback

Series: Contemporary Studies in Descriptive Linguistics, Book 5

FrenchLinguisticsGeneral Education

ISBN10: 3039102818
ISBN13: 9783039102815
Publisher: Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publis
Published: Dec 15 2004
Pages: 264
Weight: 0.79
Height: 0.55 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
The Aspect Hypothesis (AH) claims that the association of any verb category (lexical aspect) with any grammatical aspect (perfective or imperfective) constitutes the endpoint of acquisition.
The present book evaluates the explanatory power of the Aspect Hypothesis for the acquisition of French past tenses, which constitutes a serious stumbling block for foreign learners, even at the highest levels of proficiency. The present research applies the Aspect Hypothesis to the production of 61 Anglophone 'advanced learners' in a tutored environment. In so doing, it tests concurrent explanations, including the influence of the input, the influence of chunking, and the hypothesis of cyclic development. It discusses the cotextual and contextual factors that still provoke non-native glitches at the final stage of the Aspect Hypothesis.

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