scholarly journals Short and Clipped Forms of Adjective in Russian Spiritual Poetry of Karelia: Grammatical Aspect

2021 ◽  
pp. 123-142
Author(s):  
A. A. Kotov ◽  
E. A. Mukhina
Keyword(s):  
Grammatical Aspect

scholarly journals Limits on expectation-based processing: Use of grammatical aspect for co-reference in L2

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-25
Author(s):  
Theres Grüter ◽  
Hannah Rohde
Keyword(s):  
Real Time ◽  
Language Processing ◽  
Judgment Task ◽  
Linguistic Knowledge ◽  
Real Time Processing ◽  
Time Processing ◽  
Grammatical Aspect ◽  
Level Information ◽  
Native Speakers Of English ◽  
Reference Processing

Abstract This study examines the use of discourse-level information to create expectations about reference in real-time processing, testing whether patterns previously observed among native speakers of English generalize to nonnative speakers. Findings from a visual-world eye-tracking experiment show that native (L1; N = 53) but not nonnative (L2; N = 52) listeners’ proactive coreference expectations are modulated by grammatical aspect in transfer-of-possession events. Results from an offline judgment task show these L2 participants did not differ from L1 speakers in their interpretation of aspect marking on transfer-of-possession predicates in English, indicating it is not lack of linguistic knowledge but utilization of this knowledge in real-time processing that distinguishes the groups. English proficiency, although varying substantially within the L2 group, did not modulate L2 listeners’ use of grammatical aspect for reference processing. These findings contribute to the broader endeavor of delineating the role of prediction in human language processing in general, and in the processing of discourse-level information among L2 users in particular.

scholarly journals Actionality and the degree of temporal dynamics

2021 ◽  
Vol 74 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 435-466
Author(s):  
Walter Breu
Keyword(s):  
Temporal Dynamics ◽  
Comprehensive System ◽  
Grammatical Aspect

Abstract The interaction of lexical actionality with grammatical aspect is explained in a comprehensive system, based on the “degree of temporal dynamics” of simple and complex actional classes and of the various functions, expressed by aspect grammemes (extended ILA model, focus aspect). Then a new conceptualization of less frequent aspect phenomena is presented. A novelty is the differentiation of focus aspect from status aspect, characterized by habitualization and the transformation of telic events into atelic activities. Argument structures are claimed to be responsible for class changes, especially with respect to the incorporative (INCO) class, combining activity, telicity and a subsequent state.

scholarly journals Some Remarks on Grammatical Aspect in Latin

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 282-288
Author(s):  
Olga Spevak ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Grammatical Aspect

scholarly journals Awareness of BA Translation Students of the Arabic Grammatical Aspects and their Translations into English: A Comparative Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 167-189
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Choice Test ◽  
English Grammar ◽  
Grammatical Aspect ◽  
Scheffe Test ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Yarmouk University ◽  
One Way Anova ◽  
Study Plan ◽  
Better Than

This paper aims at measuring the extent of some translation students' competence of grammatical aspect compounds (strings) and their adequacy in rendering them in English. It also tries to establish which strings students tend to mistranslate. The researchers designed a multiple-choice test, using Google form, in which a given Arabic text is provided with four alternatives: one correct answer and three distractors. The test was distributed to students from translation departments at Yarmouk University and the German Jordanian University enrolled in the second semester, 2020 via the E-learning systems. Responses of students (202 out of 300 from YU and 63 out of 86 from GJU) were collected in tables. The researchers used One-way ANOVA and Scheffe Test to analyze the data. The paper has concluded that there are no significant differences among students with regard to gender, study plan, level of study, and taking Arabic courses traditionally taught. However, students joining Yarmouk University and the German-Jordan University from international and private schools are better than those coming from public schools. The majority of students do not have problems with the simple present and simple future and their perfective and progressive aspects, nor do they with past perfect. However, they confuse the perfective and progressive aspects of the simple present and the simple past. Keywords: Grammatical aspects, Arabic grammar, English grammar, Translation Yarmouk University, German-Jordanian University.

The development of dynamicity in the acquisition of Spanish by Chinese learners

2019 ◽  
Vol 170 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-110
Author(s):  
Yuliang Sun ◽  
Lourdes Díaz ◽  
Mariona Taulé
Keyword(s):  
Mandarin Chinese ◽  
Acquisition Process ◽  
Grammatical Aspect ◽  
Chinese Learners ◽  
Linguistic Functions ◽  
Past Tenses

Abstract The acquisition of aspect in L2 is influenced by the properties of the lexical-aspectual class, coercion at the syntactic-pragmatic interface and grounding information (foreground and background) in discourse. This paper addresses how these linguistic functions influence the acquisition of Spanish aspectual past tenses (pretérito indefinido and pretérito imperfecto) by Mandarin Chinese learners. The results show that activities and accomplishments are more problematic for learners to acquire and that dynamicity, rather than telicity, plays a determinant role for Chinese learners. Moreover, factors concerning coercion – a pragmatic and discourse mechanismremain difficult to master at C1. Our results also support the Discourse Hypothesis, though showing different patterns of association (lexical and grammatical aspect) across levels. We conclude that an integrative perspective gives a better account of the acquisition process of Spanish aspectual tenses

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