A Corpus-Based Analysis of the Discourse Functions of Ser/Estar + Adjective in Three Levels of Spanish as FL Learners

Language Learning

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 409-445

  Collentine, Joe ^a   Asención Delaney, Yuly ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Copula choice; Corpus linguistics; Grammatical development; Learner corpus; Second language acquisition; Ser and estar; Spanish interlanguage

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954002134     PISSN: 00238333     EISSN: 14679922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9922.2010.00563.x     Document Type: Article

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