Another Piece of the Puzzle: The Emergence of the Present Perfect.

Bardovi-Harlig, Kathleen

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ERIC Number: EJ626531

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 2001

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Another Piece of the Puzzle: The Emergence of the Present Perfect.

Bardovi-Harlig, Kathleen

Language Learning, v51 p215-64 spec iss 2001

Examines the emergence of the present perfect in the interlanguage of adult learners of English as a Second Language (ESL). Part of a growing body of research on the acquisition of temporal expression by learners of a variety of second languages, this study explores a tense/aspect form acquired late in first language acquisition. (Author/VWL)

Descriptors: College Students, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Grammar, Higher Education, Intensive Language Courses, Interlanguage, Language Acquisition, Morphology (Languages), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Tenses (Grammar)

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Note: Special issue: Form-Focused Instruction and Second Language Learning.