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Direct linkHoward, Martin – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching (IRAL), 2004
Previous investigations of the variable marking of past time by the L2 learner have given rise to a number of hypotheses which predict the patterns of acquisition and use of past time markers in interlanguage (IL). However, given the complicity between their predictions, it has been previously noted that hypotheses such as the aspect and discourse…
Descriptors: Interlanguage, Second Language Learning, Second Languages, Prediction
Howard, Martin – Canadian Modern Language Review, 2006
This article first presents an overview of some trends behind the acquisition of sociolinguistic variation in a second language. A study is then presented that aims to test the validity of these trends in a quantitative study of a range of socio- and morpho-phonetic variables in French, including liaison, /l/ deletion, and subject-verb agreement…
Descriptors: French, Grammar, Advanced Students, Interlanguage
