Interlanguage Development by Two Korean Speakers of English With a Focus on Temporality

Datos Bibliográficos

ID4501993
AutoresEun‐joo Lee, Eunjoo Lee (0000-0003-1387-7621, University of California, Los Angeles, autor de correspondencia)
Año2001
Volumen51
Número4
Páginas591-633
Fecha de publicación2001-12-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaLanguage Learning (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0023-8333 • E-ISSN: 1467-9922
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/0023-8333.00169
OpenAlexW1979431360
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas7

This study investigates the acquisition of temporality in English by 2 Korean speakers over a period of 24 months. Temporality is examined from two perspectives: (1) the expression of past-time events (PTEs) and (2) semantic aspect and verb morphology, that is, the testing of the Aspect Hypothesis. The analysis of the expression of PTEs confirms earlier findings. The learners' use of discourse devices preceded lexical means, which, in turn, preceded inflectional means. The analysis of the distribution of verb morphology in relation to semantic aspect generally supported the claims of the Aspect Hypothesis. The extension of progressive marking, however, was not observed. Further, contrary to the hypothesis, learners used progressive marking on state verbs

Expression (computer science) · Focus (optics) · Interlanguage · Linguistics · Temporality · Verb · Computer Science · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning · Multilingual Education and Policy · Philosophy · Psychology · Second Language Learning and Teaching