Acquisition of Lexical Meaning in a Natural Environment: "Ser" and "Estar" and the Granada Experience.

Ryan, John M.; Lafford, Barbara A.

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ERIC Number: EJ450198

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1992

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Acquisition of Lexical Meaning in a Natural Environment: "Ser" and "Estar" and the Granada Experience.

Ryan, John M.; Lafford, Barbara A.

Hispania, v75 n3 p714-22 Sep 1992

Second-language acquisition data are provided from a study abroad environment to support or reject prior assertions about natural states in the acquisition of the Spanish copulas "ser" and "estar." It is suggested that students tend to acquire the different copulas in given ordered stages. (20 references) (LB)

Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Grammar, Second Language Learning, Spanish, Study Abroad

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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