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The Aspect Hypothesis: Development of Morphology and Appropriateness of Use
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Comajoan, Llorenc – Language Learning, 2006
According to the aspect hypothesis (Andersen & Shirai, 1996; Bardovi-Harlig, 2000), perfective morphology emerges before imperfective morphology, it is first used in telic predicates (achievements and accomplishments) and it later extends to atelic predicates (activities and states). The opposite development is hypothesized for imperfective…
Descriptors: Morphology (Languages), Romance Languages, Second Language Learning, Data Analysis