A concept-oriented analysis of future-time reference in native and near-native Hexagonal French

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...

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Published in:Journal of French language studies 2017-11, Vol.27 (3), p.381-404
Main Authors: EDMONDS, AMANDA, GUDMESTAD, AARNES, DONALDSON, BRYAN
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Corpus analysis
French as a second language learning
French language
Humanities and Social Sciences
Linguistics
Native speakers
Nonnative speakers
Qualitative research
Time
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Summary: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.
ISSN:0959-2695
1474-0079
DOI:10.1017/S0959269516000259