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- Title
A concept-oriented analysis of future-time reference in native and near-native Hexagonal French.
- Authors
EDMONDS, AMANDA; GUDMESTAD, AARNES; DONALDSON, BRYAN
- Abstract
This study examined how native and near-native speakers of Hexagonal French make reference to future events in a corpus of informal conversations. A concept-oriented analysis reveals that no fewer than 13 different finite verb forms appeared in future-time contexts. A qualitative analysis of the use of the present in future-time contexts in the two portions of the corpus points to similarities in the native-speaker and near-native-speaker use. This analysis contributes to the understanding of future-time expression in Hexagonal French and to discussions concerning near-nativeness in second language acquisition.
- Subjects
FRENCH language; CORPORA; FRENCH-speaking people; SECOND language acquisition; VERBS
- Publication
Journal of French Language Studies, 2017, Vol 27, Issue 3, p381
- ISSN
0959-2695
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/S0959269516000259