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The Uses of Spanish Copulas by Chinese-Speaking Learners in a Free Writing Task
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Cheng, An Chung; Lu, Hui-Chuan; Giannakouros, Panayotis – Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 2008
This study investigates the developmental rate of "estar" production by Chinese-speaking learners in planned written production. The forms of Spanish copula verbs have no equivalent forms in Chinese in pre-adjectival position (i.e. no copula verb exists between a referent and an adjective in Chinese). This contrast between languages provides a…
Descriptors: Writing (Composition), Semantics, Research Methodology, Pragmatics
From Theory to Research: Contextual Predictors of "Estar + Adjective" and the Study of the SLA of Spanish Copula Choice--A Response to Woolsey
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Lafford, Barbara A. – Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 2008
The use of social vs. cognitive approaches to the study of second language acquisition (SLA) has engendered considerable debate in the field. For instance, the recent "Modern Language Journal" Focus Issue (Lafford, 2007a) reviewed the ongoing debate between scholars espousing socially- and cognitively-grounded approaches to SLA research and…
Descriptors: Fundamental Concepts, Language Research, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning