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ERIC Number: EJ567477
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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ISSN: ISSN-0802-6106
Are English and Malay Worlds Apart? Typological Distance and the Learning of Tense and Aspect Concepts.
Svalberg, Agneta M-L; Chuchu, Hjh Fatimah Bte Hj Awg
International Journal of Applied Linguistics, v8 n1 p27-60 1998
Investigates tense, modality, and aspect in the English of adult Malay speakers. Tense and aspect (TA) in Malay and English are first contrasted to arrive at a specification of what Malay speakers have to learn about English TA. Then the use of TA in two English conversations with Malay-speaking subjects is examined and compared with a native-speaker conversation. (Author/JL)
Descriptors: Adults, Contrastive Linguistics, English, Foreign Countries, Language Typology, Language Variation, Malay, Native Speakers, Tenses (Grammar), Transfer of Training, Uncommonly Taught Languages
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Aspect (Verbs); Brunei