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Direct linkCamps, Joaquim – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching (IRAL), 2005
This descriptive study analyzed the emergence of the imperfect in the written production of 30 beginning learners of Spanish. The analysis focused on the use of the imperfect and the morphological marking of state verbs. The results follow the patterns predicted by the aspect hypothesis (Andersen and Shirai, 1994), and support some refinements of…
Descriptors: Spanish, Second Language Learning, Morphology (Languages), Verbs
Download full textO'Gorman, Elizabeth – TEANGA: The Irish Yearbook of Applied Linguistics, 1996
A study investigated the organization and development of second language lexicons among Hong Kong learners of English as a Second Language (ESL). Specifically, it compared the associations promoted by a single list of 20 frequent, common words in the learners' native language (L1, Chinese) and second language (L2, English). Subjects were 22…
Descriptors: Associative Learning, Chinese, Cognitive Development, Comparative Analysis
