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

Dados Bibliográficos

ID4501993
AutoresEun‐joo Lee, Eunjoo Lee (0000-0003-1387-7621, University of California, Los Angeles, autor correspondente)
Ano2001
Volume51
Fascículo4
Páginas591-633
Data de publicação2001-12-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoLanguage Learning (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0023-8333 • E-ISSN: 1467-9922
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/0023-8333.00169
OpenAlexW1979431360
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas7

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