Table of contents
Acknowledgments
About the contributors and editor
Chapter 1. The development of third person singular present form -s: Verb semantics or input frequency?
Chapter 2. Zero-present under past in child French: Evidence from the future
Chapter 3. The L2 acquisition of the English present simple – present progressive distinction: Verb-raising revisited
Chapter 4. There is no time like the present: A longitudinal case study in the L2 acquisition of French
Chapter 5. Examining the influence of transfer and prototypes on the acquisition of the present progressive in L2 Spanish
Chapter 6. Formation and function of the simple present in conversational L2 Russian
Chapter 7. L2 acquisition of English aspect by L1 Arabic speakers: The role of interpretable features at the syntax-semantics interface
Chapter 8. The L2 acquisition of the present in the Japanese tense-aspect system: Evidence for a tripartite system?
Chapter 9. Present tense as a neutral form in the L2 French of Chinese L1 speakers
Chapter 10. The simple present and the expression of temporality in L1 English and L2 English oral narratives: When form meets discourse
Chapter 11. Conclusions and directions for future research
Subject Index
Name Index
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