The expression of time in languages is universal, whereas the means of expressing time are language specific. Hence the acquisition of a foreign language always involves the acquisition of different linguistic means to express time. Generally the writer/ speaker of a language can apply lexical means to do so, i.e. s/he may apply temporal adverbs, adjectives, substantives, prepositions, conjunctions, particles and verbs, and grammatical means, i.e. tenses, aspects, and syntactical means. Usually time is not conveyed by the use of only one of these means, but by employing several means,1 what makes the acquisition of a second language all the more difficult.
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Sprachwissenschaft, P. E. (2005). The Acquisition of the English Tense and Aspect System by German Adult Learners. Corpus, (September).
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