Tense and Aspect in Second Language Acquisition: Form, Meaning, and Use

by Kathleen Bardovi-Harlig, Richard F. Young (Series Editor)

This book explores the association of form and meaning in the acquisition of tense and aspect by adult learners of nine target languages. The book provides a survey and synthesis of studies from five meaning-oriented approaches, acquisitional sequences, the aspect hypothesis, the discourse hypothesis, and the effect of instruction

512 pages, Paperback

First published January 15, 1991