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Discourse Motivations for Some Cognitive Acquisition Principles

Andersen, Roger W., Shirai, Yasuhiro·1994·Studies in Second Language Acquisition
DOI 10.1017/s0272263100012845
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This paper offers an alternative interpretation for what has been called the defective tense hypothesis, the primacy of aspect hypothesis, or simply the aspect hypothesis in the literature on first and second language acquisition of tense and aspect. The aspect hypothesis states that first and second language learners will initially be influenced by the inherent semantic aspect of verbs or predicates in the acquisition of tense and aspect markers associated with or affixed to these verbs. Our account focuses on the observation that adult native speakers also appear to adhere to this primacy of inherent semantic aspect in the relative quantitative distribution of tense-aspect markers in their speech. We argue that a small set of cognitive operating principles and the notion of prototypicality account for this behavior in learners. Moreover, we argue that these principles are a consequence of how learners and native speakers alike organize information and their perspectives on it in ongoing discourse.

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Authors
Andersen, R. W., & Shirai, Y.
Affiliations
  • University of California, Los Angeles (US)
  • Daito Bunka University (JP)
ORCID
Shirai, Yasuhiro
Venue
Studies in Second Language Acquisition
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Published
1994-06
Volume
16
Issue
2
Pages
133-156
ISSN
  • 0272-2631 (ISSN-L)
  • 1470-1545
DOI
10.1017/s0272263100012845
OpenAlex
W2088303151
Cited by
346
References
57
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FWCI
31.47
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.cambridge.org/core/terms (unspecified, 5273 d)
Locations
Studies in Second Language Acquisition (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Language and Linguistics › Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Language and Linguistics › EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Categorization, perception, and language
Keywords
aspect hypothesis, prototypicality, discourse structure, first language acquisition, second language acquisition

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