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First and Second Language Acquisition
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Knowledge Of The Present Perfect By Albanian/English Bilinguals, Erjon Xholi
Knowledge Of The Present Perfect By Albanian/English Bilinguals, Erjon Xholi
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This paper concerns the acquisition process of a specific part of English grammar by native speakers of Albanian. The focus is the English present perfect, and the similarities and differences that it bears to the Albanian Compound Perfective. The two constructions are made from similar parts, but they crucially differ in the aspectual nature of their participles. While the Albanian particle is perfective, the English is underspecified. We argue that the process of the acquisition of the PP by Albanian bilinguals is one where input, analogy, and direct grammar teaching do not suffice. We apply Generative Grammar logic to the …