AU - Gören, Ümit AU - Supervisor: Bratton, Neil TI - An analysis of the possiible errors of Turkish learners of english in tense, aspect and modality PY - 2002/// CY - Nicosia PB - Cyprus International University KW - English language -- Turkish learners KW - İngilizce dili -- Türkçe öğrenenler KW - English language -- Turkish language -- Tenses KW - İngilizce dili -- Türkçe dili -- Zamanlar N1 - Includes biblography (84-87 p.); INTRODUCTION; 1; Background of the Problem; Statement of the Problem; 3; Purpose of the Study; 3; Significant of the Study; 5; Research Questions; 5; Limitations; 6; Definition of Terms; LITERATURE REVIEW; 12; The Historical Background; 14; The Psychological Basis of Contrastive Analysis; 16; The Problems of Contrastive Analysis; 19; Universal Grammar; METHODOLOGY; 24; Introduction; 24; Data Collection Procedures; 25; Procedure; DATA ANALYSIS; 26; Tense, Aspect and Modal Auxiliaries; 34; Present Time Reference; 53; Past Time References; 62; Future Time Reference; 67; Modal Verbs; 74; Copula System; 76; Miscellaneous; CONCLUSION; 79; General Results and Implications; 82; Further Research; 84; BIBLIOGRAPHY ER -