What is it about?
Japanese child returnees were tested on their knowledge of aspect in L2 English. Specifically, we focus on the progressive aspectual form -ing (e.g., Mary is walking) and the present verb form (e.g., Mary walks) with the four basic verb classes (Vendler, 1967), i.e., activity, accomplishment, state, and achievement.
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Why is it important?
This is the first longitudinal study to look into judgements about aspect by child returnees.
Perspectives
There are studies of child returnees, and many have focused on L2 attrition of vocabulary. We try to take a neutral position on attrition of grammar in our study.
Dr Neal Snape
Gunma Prefectural Women's University
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This page is a summary of: Aspect in L2 English, EUROSLA Yearbook, August 2014, John Benjamins,
DOI: 10.1075/eurosla.14.04sna.
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