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Acquisition of the Korean Imperfective Aspect Markers "-ko iss-" and "-a iss-" by Japanese Learners: A Multiple-Factor Account
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Ryu, Ju-Yeon; Horie, Kaoru; Shirai, Yasuhiro – Language Learning, 2015
Although cross-linguistic research on second language tense-aspect acquisition has uncovered universal tendencies concerning the association between verbal semantics and tense-aspect markers, it is still unclear what mechanisms underlie this link. This study investigates the acquisition of two imperfective aspect markers ("-ko iss-" and…
Descriptors: Korean, Second Language Learning, Native Language, Japanese
The Aspect Hypothesis, Defective Tense, and Obligatory Contexts: Comments on Haznedar, 2007
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Costello, Willie; Shirai, Yasuhiro – Second Language Research, 2011
Haznedar (2007) argues that longitudinal data from a child learner of English who has Turkish as a first language (L1) constitute a counterexample to the Aspect Hypothesis. In this commentary, we show that her argument is not warranted because the Aspect Hypothesis does not presuppose that tense is defective, contra her claim. However, Haznedar's…
Descriptors: Morphemes, Longitudinal Studies, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
The Development of Aspectual Marking in Child Mandarin Chinese
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Chen, Jidong; Shirai, Yasuhiro – Applied Psycholinguistics, 2010
Cross-linguistic research on the development of tense-aspect marking has revealed a strong effect of lexical aspect. But the degree of this effect varies across languages. Explanation for this universal tendency and language-specific variation is still an open issue. This study investigates the early emergence and subsequent development of four…
Descriptors: Language Research, Semantics, Verbs, Morphemes
Is the Acquisition Order of Grammatical Morphemes Impervious to L1 Knowledge? Evidence from the Acquisition of Plural -"s", Articles, and Possessive '"s"
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Luk, Zoe Pei-sui; Shirai, Yasuhiro – Language Learning, 2009
In SLA, it has been often assumed that the effect of the first language (L1) is not very strong in the acquisition of grammatical morphemes (e.g., Ellis, 1994; Mitchell & Myles, 2004). However, such an assumption has not been systematically examined in the literature. This article reviews the morpheme studies conducted with native speakers of…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Morphemes, Grammar, Native Speakers
Time and Motion: Measuring the Effects of the Conceptual Demands of Tasks on Second Language Speech Production
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Robinson, Peter; Cadierno, Teresa; Shirai, Yasuhiro – Applied Linguistics, 2009
The Cognition Hypothesis (Robinson 2005) claims that pedagogic tasks should be sequenced for learners in an order of increasing cognitive complexity, and that along resource-directing dimensions of task demands increasing effort at conceptualization promotes more complex and grammaticized second language (L2) speech production. This article…
Descriptors: Language Research, Speech, Verbs, Morphology (Languages)
The Aspect Hypothesis, the Comparative Fallacy and the Validity of Obligatory Context Analysis: A Reply to Lardiere, 2003
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Shirai, Yasuhiro – Second Language Research, 2007
Lardiere (2003), in her reply to Lakshmanan and Selinker (2001), justifies the use of suppliance in obligatory contexts as a method of analysis in the investigation of the second language (L2) acquisition of past tense, and claims that such a method is characteristic of previous studies that have proposed the Aspect Hypothesis. It is argued here…
Descriptors: Verbs, Morphemes, Language Research, Linguistic Theory
The Acquisition of Progressive and Resultative Meanings of the Imperfective Aspect Marker by L2 Learners of Japanese: Transfer, Universals, or Multiple Factors?
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Sugaya, Natsue; Shirai, Yasuhiro – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2007
It has been observed that there is a strong association between the inherent (lexical) aspect of verbs and the acquisition of tense-aspect morphology (the aspect hypothesis; Andersen & Shirai, 1994). To investigate why such an association is observed, this study examined the influence of inherent aspect and learners' first language (L1) on the…
Descriptors: Verbs, Morphemes, Slavic Languages, Native Speakers