Research Design and Methodology in Studies on L2 Tense and Aspect

Research Design and Methodology in Studies on Second Language Tense and Aspect provides an up-to-date review of past and current methodologies for the study of the L2 acquisition of tense and aspect. More specifically, the book addresses the following issues related to the design of studies for research in tense and aspect:

1. Theoretical frameworks (e.g., Are research questions investigated within one theoretical approach incompatible with other approaches?)
2. Elicitation procedures (Do different types of tasks elicit different types of tense-aspect data?)
3. Coding of data (e.g. How are lexical categories defined and coded?)
4. Data analysis (e.g., What statistical tests are more appropriate to analyze language data?)

The volume provides new insights into the study of L2 tense-aspect by bringing together well renowned scholars with experience in the research design of research this area of the field.

About the author

Rafael Salaberry, University of Texas at Austin, USA; Llorenç Comajoan, Universitat de Vic, Catalonia, Spain.

Product details

• Assisted by: Comajoan (Editor), Llorenç Comajoan (Editor), M Rafael Salaberry (Editor), M Rafael Salaberry (Editor), M. Rafael Salaberry (Editor)
• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.03.2013
• EAN: 9781934078143
• ISBN: 978-1-934078-14-3
• No. of pages: 457
• Dimensions: 161 mm x 30 mm x 234 mm
• Weight: 812 g
• Series: Studies in Second and Foreign Language Education [SSFLE]
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics