Assessing the Use of Multiple Forms in Variable Contexts

The Relationship between Linguistic Factors and Future-Time Reference in Spanish

Bibliographic Data

ID19544461
AuthorsAarnes Gudmestad (0000-0003-2303-7802, Virginia Tech), Kimberly L Geeslin (0000-0002-0144-4127, Virginia Tech)
Year2011
Volume4
Issue1
Pages3-34
Publication date2011-03-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueStudies in Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1939-0238 • E-ISSN: 2199-3386
PublisherWalter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1515/shll-2011-1089
OpenAlexW2321263182
LanguageEN
Citations received8

The current study represents a detailed examination of the linguistic variables that are significantly related to verb-form use in contexts of future-time reference for advanced learners and native speakers of Spanish. The results show that the factors lexical temporal indicator, clause type and temporal distance are related to the verb forms that both groups use to express the function of futurity and that (un)certainty and grammatical person and number are only important for native speakers, thus demonstrating that the learners have not yet reached native-like use of this variable structure. In addition to providing more information on the variable use of futuretime reference for native and non-native speakers, the investigation makes methodological advancements in the study of morphosyntactic variation by defining a token by the function it performs in communication and by examining the full range of verb forms speakers use to fulfill this function

Certainty · Linguistics · Natural language processing · Verb · Computer Science · Gender Studies in Language · Mathematics · Psychology · Second Language Acquisition and Learning · Spanish Linguistics and Language Studies

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