The Acquisition of Temporal Properties by Persian Learners of English.

Jabbari, Ali Akbar

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ERIC Number: EJ662935

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Publication Date: 2003

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The Acquisition of Temporal Properties by Persian Learners of English.

Jabbari, Ali Akbar

Indian Journal of Applied Linguistics, v29 n1 p35-70 Jan-Jun 2003

Presents the results of a study investigating the acquisition of English tense and aspect by Persian speakers. A cross-sectional study of 45 second language learners at three levels of proficiency was conducted using a grammaticality judgment task. Findings showed that the acquisition of tense and aspect followed the universal entailment of inherent aspect. (Author/VWL)

Descriptors: Cross Sectional Studies, English (Second Language), Interlanguage, Persian, Second Language Learning, Task Analysis, Tenses (Grammar), Transfer of Training, Uncommonly Taught Languages

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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