Despite the salient benefits of using language corpora to guide and promote second language acquisition, it is not a straightforward proposition to develop a pedagogical approach based on the use of a language corpus. In the present chapter, we address the implementation of Flowerdew’s concept of… read more
The construct of aspect spans a broad range of meanings, starting with the very basic description of temporality conveyed by the predicate alone (lexical aspect) to the maximum descriptive level of representation of temporality conveyed by discourse structures (narrativity) and pragmatics in… read more
Aspect is a complex grammatical concept inherently affected by contextual information. Such complexity may be determined by stark contrasts between levels of information and layers of context affecting its interpretation. Convergence in aspectual interpretation decreases as layers of contextual… read more
