Abstract
The cross-linguistic study investigates the emergence of -ing and -ed past semantic meanings against the predictions of Aspect Hypothesis. In employing a mixed-methods analysis and corpus-data semantic driven approach, the inquiry investigates the correlation between lexical aspect and grammatical aspect. To this end, re-telling story is implemented to survey sixty (n=60; BA=30, MA, 30) Moroccan University English learners. The findings support the Aspect Hypothesis predictions of the presumed correlation between grammatical aspect and lexical aspect, and reveal the same acquisitional order (perfective then imperfective).
Presenters
Saber Abou El FadlEnglish Lecturer, Department of Languages, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech, Morocco
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Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
Theme
KEYWORDS
ACQUISITION, ASPECT HYPOTHESIS, CONSPIRING Acquisition, EMERGENCE, INTERLANGUAGE
