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Prototypical influence in second language acquisition: What now for the Aspect Hypothesis
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Kevin McManus
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September 1, 2013
Abstract
This paper presents empirical evidence on the development of aspect by English- and German-speaking university learners of French L2 collected from a spoken narrative task and a sentence interpretation task. Contrary to the Aspect Hypothesis's predictions, this study's results suggest that increased use of prototypical pairings goes in hand with increased L2 proficiency. Following a small but growing number of studies, this study questions the route of L2 development proposed by the Aspect Hypothesis.
Published Online: 2013-9-1
Published in Print: 2013-8-29
© 2013 by Walter de Gruyter Berlin Boston
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