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Chapter 9. The influence of temporal adverbials and lexical aspect on variable preterite and imperfect selection in native and second language Spanish
Abstract
This study adopts a variationist approach to SLA to investigate the influence of temporal adverbials and lexical aspect on variable preterite and imperfect selection. A total of 110 L2 Spanish learners at varying proficiency levels and 15 native speakers of Spanish completed a contextualized preference task that examined the influence of both linguistic variables on the selection of preterite, imperfect and both. Results for frequency of selection showed that learners overselected the imperfect and both in contexts where NSs categorically selected the preterite. Mixed-effects logistic regressions indicated that both factors influenced NSs’ selections, but not always for learners. NS variation with states and frequency adverbials is discussed and avenues for additional research are presented.
Abstract
This study adopts a variationist approach to SLA to investigate the influence of temporal adverbials and lexical aspect on variable preterite and imperfect selection. A total of 110 L2 Spanish learners at varying proficiency levels and 15 native speakers of Spanish completed a contextualized preference task that examined the influence of both linguistic variables on the selection of preterite, imperfect and both. Results for frequency of selection showed that learners overselected the imperfect and both in contexts where NSs categorically selected the preterite. Mixed-effects logistic regressions indicated that both factors influenced NSs’ selections, but not always for learners. NS variation with states and frequency adverbials is discussed and avenues for additional research are presented.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- List of tables vii
- List of figures xiii
- Introduction 1
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Part I. Linguistic structure and variation
- Chapter 1. When left dislocation meets epithets 24
- Chapter 2. Politics, variation, and politeness on Andalusian Twitter (X) 44
- Chapter 3. The intonation of yes-no questions in bilingual Gipuzkoan Spanish and Basque from Irun 69
- Chapter 4. A sociolinguistic study of the palatal fricative in Venezuelan Spanish 96
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Part II. US Spanish and heritage speakers
- Chapter 5. More than occlusions 122
- Chapter 6. The present progressive as a future marker in Spanish, English, and Spanish in contact with English 151
- Chapter 7. Ven, Vení, Venga 172
- Chapter 8. Critical language awareness, heritage learners, and (non)dynamic language ideologies in a Spanish in the US course 197
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Part III. Applied linguistics
- Chapter 9. The influence of temporal adverbials and lexical aspect on variable preterite and imperfect selection in native and second language Spanish 222
- Chapter 10. Pragmatic competence in virtual environments 245
- Chapter 11. Spanish for specific purposes in the United States 268
- Author index 289
- Subject index 293
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- List of tables vii
- List of figures xiii
- Introduction 1
-
Part I. Linguistic structure and variation
- Chapter 1. When left dislocation meets epithets 24
- Chapter 2. Politics, variation, and politeness on Andalusian Twitter (X) 44
- Chapter 3. The intonation of yes-no questions in bilingual Gipuzkoan Spanish and Basque from Irun 69
- Chapter 4. A sociolinguistic study of the palatal fricative in Venezuelan Spanish 96
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Part II. US Spanish and heritage speakers
- Chapter 5. More than occlusions 122
- Chapter 6. The present progressive as a future marker in Spanish, English, and Spanish in contact with English 151
- Chapter 7. Ven, Vení, Venga 172
- Chapter 8. Critical language awareness, heritage learners, and (non)dynamic language ideologies in a Spanish in the US course 197
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Part III. Applied linguistics
- Chapter 9. The influence of temporal adverbials and lexical aspect on variable preterite and imperfect selection in native and second language Spanish 222
- Chapter 10. Pragmatic competence in virtual environments 245
- Chapter 11. Spanish for specific purposes in the United States 268
- Author index 289
- Subject index 293
