Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Contributors ix
5. Abbreviations used in glosses x
6. 1. L2 acquisition of tense-aspect morphology 1
7. 2. The first language acquisition of tense and aspect: A review 21
8. 3. The dimensions of pastness 79
9. 4. Temporal relations in learner varieties: Grammaticalization and discourse construction 107
10. 5. Analyzing aspect 129
11. 6. The development of tense-aspect in English as a second language and the variable influence of inherent aspect 155
12. 7. The aspect hypothesis in naturalistic L2 acquisition: What uninflected and non-target-like verb forms in early interlanguage tell us 199
13. 8. How do learners acquire the classical three categories of temporality? Evidence from L2 Italian 221
14. 9. Lexical aspect in child second language acquisition of temporal morphology: A bidirectional study 249
15. 10. Information structure in dialogic future plans: A study of Italian native speakers and Swedish preadvanced and advanced learners of Italian 285
16. 11. Reference to past events in dialogue: The acquisition of tense and aspect by advanced learners of French 323
17. 12. On viewpoint aspect interpretation and its L2 acquisition: A UG perspective 363
18. 13. Tense and aspect in the selection of Spanish past tense verbal morphology 397
19. 14. The acquisition and use of perfective aspect in Mandarin 417
20. 15. The prototype hypothesis of tense-aspect acquisition in second language 455
21. Index 479