Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-235) and index.
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Child Second Language Acquisition; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Dedication; Table of contents; Acknowledgements; LIST OF TABLES; LIST OF FIGURES; ABBREVIATIONS; INTRODUCTION; 1. THEORETICAL APPROACHES TO TENSE-ASPECT; 2. THE ACQUISITION OF TENSE-ASPECT MORPHOLOGY; 3. METHODOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; 4. ANALYSES AND RESULTS; 5. GENERAL DISCUSSION; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; SUBJECT INDEX; The series Studies in Bilingualism.
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As one of the first books in child second language acquisition (SLA), this book focuses on the core area of tense-aspect morphology, reporting on three L1-Italian children learning L2 English vs. three L1-English children learning L2 Italian. An innovative longitudinal/bidirectional research design, where two languages represent both source and target, show effects of language transfer in learners that, because of their age, still have potential to become native-speakers of the target. An unusual feature of this book is that relevant studies of acquisition of L2 Italian, some heretofore only i.
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Child second language acquisition.
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Second language acquisition.
Aspect (taalkunde)
Engels.
Italiaans.
Kinderen.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES-- Linguistics-- Psycholinguistics.