To Be or To Be The Dilemma of Copula Choice for Beginning…成为或成为选择开始的困境.pdfVIP

PORTA LINGUARUM 7, enero 2007 pp. 153-165 To Be or To Be: The Dilemma of Copula Choice for Beginning-Level Learners of Spanish SAMUEL FRANCIS Colorado State University Received: 10 October 2006 / Accepted: 29 October 2006 ISSN: 1697-7467 ABSTRACT: English-speaking learners of Spanish encounter great difficulties in acquiring the uses of the verbs ser and estar. The present study presents some traditional analyses of these verbs. The research