Table of contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Acknowledgements v
3. Table of contents vii
4. Introduction. Research design and methodology in L2 studies of tense and aspect 1
5. Part I. Theoretical representations of tense and aspect in L2 studies
6. Chapter 1. A Cognitive Grammar perspective on tense and aspect 11
7. Chapter 2. The Spanish preterite and imperfect from a cognitive point of view 57
8. Chapter 3. Frequency-based grammar and the acquisition of tense and aspect in L2 learning 89
9. Chapter 4. Generative approaches to the L2 acquisition of temporal-aspectual-mood systems 119
10. Part II. Research design and methodology in L2 studies of tense and aspect
11. Chapter 5. Research design: A two-way predicational system is better than a four-way approach 159
12. Chapter 6. Research design: Operationalizing and testing hypotheses 187
13. Chapter 7. Research design: From text to task 219
14. Chapter 8. Defining and coding data: Lexical aspect in L2 studies 271
15. Chapter 9. Defining and coding data: Narrative discourse grounding in L2 studies 309
16. Chapter 10. Data Analysis: Quantitative approaches 357
17. Chapter 11. Data analysis: The qualitative analysis of actionality in learner language 391
18. Chapter 12. Integrating the analyses of tense and aspect across research and methodological frameworks 423
19. Author biographies 451
20. Subject index 455