Over the last ten years, the School of Languages and Social Sciences of Aston University has hosted several conferences devoted to the study of Tense, Aspect and Modality in French L1 and L2, as well as in other languages:
- Tense, Aspect and Mood Development in L1 and L2. (Organisation: Emmanuelle Labeau (Aston), Inès Saddour (Aston) & Christine Bozier (Lund)) - 9-10 February 2008.
- Revisiting advanced varieties in L2 learning, (organization: Emmanuelle Labeau & Florence Myles) - 9-10th June 2006
- Annual Conference of the Association for French Language Studies (AFLS) with special track on TAM, (organisation: Emmanuelle Labeau), 3-5 September 2004.
- Sémantique et diachronie du système verbal français. (Organisation: Emmanuelle Labeau, Carl Vetters (ULCO) & Patrick Caudal (CNRS, Paris 7), 11-13 September 2003
- L’imparfait : passé, présent, futur / Imperfect : past, present, future. . (organization: Emmanuelle Labeau & Pierre Larrivée) - Friday 22nd - Saturday 23rd March 2002.
- Les temps du passé français et leur enseignement. (organization: Emmanuelle Labeau & Pierre Larrivée) - 25th March 1999.
It has become a vibrant centre of research on Tense, Aspect and Modality, as witnessed by many publications among others:
- Labeau, E. & Saddour, i. (in prep) Tense, Aspect and Mood Development in L1 and L2. Rodopi.
- Labeau, E. & Myles, F. (eds) (2009) The Advanced Learner Variety: The Case of French. Oxford: Peter Lang
- Labeau, E., Vetters, C. & Caudal, P.(éds) (2006) Diachronie et sémantique du système verbal français. Amsterdam / New York : Rodopi
- Labeau, E. (2005) Beyond the Aspect Hypothesis: Tense-Aspect Development in Advanced L2 French. Bern: Peter Lang.
- Labeau, E. & Larrivée, P. (éds) (2005) Nouveaux développements de l’IMP. Cahiers Chronos. Amsterdam / Philadelphia: Rodopi.
- Labeau, E. & Larrivée, P. (éds) (2002) Les temps du passé français et leur enseignement (Cahiers Chronos 9). Amsterdam / Philadelphia: Rodopi.
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