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Spanish Imperfect revisited: exploring L1 influence in the reassembly of imperfective features onto new L2 forms
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This study investigates the acquisition of the Spanish Imperfect by sixty English learners of Spanish at three different proficiency levels (beginner, intermediate and advanced). Two oral production tasks and one interpretation task show that although the Imperfect is used from early on, the full array of interpretations associated with this form (habitual, continuous and progressive) is not completely acquired even at advanced levels. Learners accept the Imperfect in imperfective contexts but have problems rejecting the Preterit. This problem persists even at advanced levels in continuous contexts. The continuous is conveyed in English by Past Tense, which is used in both perfective and imperfective contexts, whereas in Spanish only the Imperfect is appropriate. We argue that the incorrect low rejection of the Preterit signals a mapping problem of aspect-related features present in both English and Spanish onto a new form (the Imperfect). These results support the problematic nature of feature reassembly in the acquisition of the Spanish Imperfect by English speakers.
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URL: https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/406189/2/0267658317701991.pdf https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/406189/1/Dominguez_Arche_Myles_accepted_SLR_.docx https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/406189/
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Spanish Imperfect revisited: exploring L1 influence in the reassembly of imperfective features onto new L2 forms
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El lenguaje Plástico del docente; una herramienta en el aula
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SÁNCHEZ AMEIJEIRAS, Rocio. Los rostros de las palabras. Imágenes y teoría literaria en el Occidente medieval. Madrid: Akal, 2014.
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How suitable is the macro-micro parametric distinction in acquisition?
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Understanding interfaces: second language acquisition and native language attrition of Spanish subject realization and word order variation
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The role of dynamic contrasts in the L2 acquisition of Spanish past tense morphology
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The role of dynamic contrasts in the L2 acquisition of Spanish past tense morphology
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Untangling locality and orientation constraints in the L2 acquisition of anaphoric binding: a feature-based approach
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The role of dynamic contrasts in the L2 acquisition of Spanish past tense morphology
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Morphology and syntax disassociation in SLA: a study on clitic acquisition in Spanish
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Testing the predictions of the feature-assembly hypothesis: evidence from the L2 acquisition of Spanish aspect morphology
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