A Corpus-Based Approach to Gerundial and Infinitival Complementation in Spanish ESL Writing
Description:
This paper examines the use of infinitival and gerundial constructions by intermediate Spanish learners. The use of those two patterns creates problems for second language learners at intermediate and advanced levels. However, there are only few studies on their second language acquisition, and fewer focus on Spanish learners. This study tries to resolve this and to this end, I retrieved all hits of the two constructions from the Spanish component of the International Learner Corpus of English …
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Date:
May 2011
Creator:
Martinez-Garcia, Maria Teresa
Partner:
UNT Libraries