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Gavell, Mina – ORTESOL Journal, 2018
While the present perfect is difficult for English Language Learners (ELLs) to master, this study seeks to provide evidence of its integral pragmatic function in the social task of initiating and developing relationships. Through analysis of the Santa Barbara Corpus of Spoken American English, the frequency of the present perfect, the pragmatic…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Linguistics, Grammar, Morphemes