Another Piece of the Puzzle

The Emergence of the Present Perfect

Datos Bibliográficos

ID4952307
AutoresBardovi‐harlig, Bardovi‐Harlig Bardovi‐Harlig (Indiana State University, autor de correspondencia)
Año1997
Volumen47
Número3
Páginas375-422
Fecha de publicación1997-09-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaLanguage Learning (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0023-8333 • E-ISSN: 1467-9922
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/0023-8333.00015
OpenAlexW3145019056
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas17

This article examines the emergence of the present perfect in the interlanguage of 16 instructed adult learners of English as a second language. It is part of a longitudinal study of the expression of temporality in interlanguage; it focuses on the learners' form-meaning associations by investigating their use of the present perfect in written and oral texts. The article first describes the order of emergence of the present perfect with respect to other tense/aspect forms and then the potential influence of instruction by comparing production to instructional logs. Examination of the linguistic contexts in which the present perfect appears shows that adding a new inflection in the tense/aspect system requires not only establishing new form-meaning associations but also revising existing ones

Cognitive psychology · Cognitive science · Linguistics · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning · Multilingual Education and Policy · Philosophy · Psychology · Second Language Learning and Teaching