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The Facilitative Role of L1 Influence in Tense-Aspect Marking: A Comparison of Hispanophone and Anglophone Learners of French
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Izquierdo, Jesus; Collins, Laura – Modern Language Journal, 2008
English learners of French whose first language (L1) does not mark the perfective/imperfective distinction have shown verb semantic influence and an overall preference for perfective over imperfective in their use of second language (L2) tense-aspect markers. This study investigated whether learners whose L1 marks the perfective/imperfective…
Descriptors: Semantics, Verbs, Syntax, Second Language Learning