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The telltale targets: an analysis of access errors in the speech of intermediate students of spanish

Autores/as

  • Bárbara A. Lafford Universidad de Chile
  • Joseph G. Collentine Universidad de Chile

Resumen

This cross-sectional study of the oral interlanguage of forty students at the end of their fourth semester of universitv level Spanish, measures the accuracy with which correct forms were produced vis-a-vis the following grammatical categories: aspect, number, person, mood, tense and gender. The results of the study show that gender was the most problenratic of the atirrementioned categories. In adittion, within each category a positive correlation was found between frecuency of the required use of the unmarked form and the accuracy with which it was realized. Finally plausible explanations for these phenomena are offered.