Expressing the category of time in CL2 classes

Abstract

Basic categories, such as time, are differently conceptualized in different languages. It is necessary to know the specificities of time conceptualization in a certain language in order to be able to teach it as foreign and second because the expressing of time happens to be very basic and very frequent in language which makes it a L2 classes content from the very beginning. The category of time in the Croatian language can be expressed lexically and grammatically. The aim of this paper is to show the approach to the category of time in CL2 classes. A special attention is paid to case semantics, case morphology and case syntax while expressing time, as well as to the semantics and syntax of temporal adverbs and prepositions and on the subtle differences between similar temporal prepositions. The stress is on the processing CL tenses in CL2 classroom and the instruction on their use, rules how tenses are composed and how time is expressed in composed sentences in CL.

Keywords

• category of time
• lexical expressing
• grammatical expressing
• approach
• teaching CL2
• case