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Topic Continuity in L2 English Article Use.
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Jarvis, Scott – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2002
Looks at systematicity from the perspective of two putative discourse universals related to topic continuity that have been addressed separately in past studies of article acquisition. Examines how these discourse universals account for patterns of article use and nonuse in narratives written by Finnish- and Swedish-speaking learners of English.…
Descriptors: Determiners (Languages), Discourse Analysis, English (Second Language), Language Research
A Narrative Perspective on the Development of the Tense/Aspect System in Second Language Acquisition.
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Bardovi-Harlig, Kathleen – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1995
Examined 37 written and oral narrative pairs produced in a film retell task by college-level learners of English as a Second Language. Results found a developmental pattern in the distribution of tense/aspect morphology with respect to narrative structure. (contains 41 references) (MDM)
Descriptors: College Students, Discourse Analysis, English (Second Language), Higher Education