Abstract: This study examines the formation of Tense and Aspect in English and Tyap with a view to predicting thelikely areas of difficulty Tyap learners of English as a second language may encounter while learning theuse of tense and aspect in English. The study adopted Carl’s analytic comparison model. Descriptiveapproach was employed in the analysis of the data collected and contrast of those linguistic features thatare present in English with those in Tyap with the view to showing areas of differences. The findings showthat the difference between Tyap and English language lies in the use of inflections. While English uses thefollowing inflections -“s” or –“es” in simple present tense and “-d” or “-ed” as simple past tense, the Tyapuses the uninflected form of the verb. Also, the present tense is not used in relation with the person(s) actingas the subject of the sentence in Tyap language, whereas in English, the present tense is used in relationwith the person(s) acting as the subject of the sentence. The present tense used with the 3rd person singulartakes the inflected form of the tense morpheme or verb, which is either “-s” or “-es”. The results are usedto make conclusions about the linguistic relationship that exist between the two languages.The studytherefore, recommends that language teachers should concentrate on the areas of differences in bothlanguages while teaching and then use appropriate teaching methods and teaching aids to ensure the learnerseffective understanding
Publication Year: 2019
Publication Date: 2019-09-05
Language: en
Type: article
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