Naslov
A Contrastive Analysis of the Spanish and English Auxiliary Verb System

Autori
Fajdić, Adrijana

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Ocjenski radovi, diplomski rad, diplomski

Fakultet
Filozofski fakultet

Mjesto
Zagreb

Datum
05.11

Godina
2015

Stranica
36

Mentor
Zovko Dinković, Irena

Ključne riječi
auxiliary verb; ser; estar; syntax

Sažetak
This thesis investigates possible interference of Spanish and English auxiliary verbs with special attention given to the Spanish equivalents of the English verb 'to be'. The study gives an overview of English and Spanish auxiliary verb systems, as well as different theoretical approaches to the distribution of Spanish verbs ser and estar. The practical part of the study consists of a three- part questionnaire that was given to Spanish students enrolled in the bilingual Spanish-English program, and teaching assistants who speak Spanish and are all English native speakers. The results of both groups assert the complexity of use of ser and estar but show no significant interference between English and Spanish. It is evident however that the issue still lacks a sound linguistic explanation.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Filologija

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