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L2 Influence in L3 Acquisition: The Role of the L3

2020
With the present study, we aim at investigating to what extent the L3 affects transfer from background languages. To this end, we investigate two L3s – L3 German and L3 French – while keeping the L1 (Dutch) and the L2 (English) constant. To examine the two L3s in contrast, we compare data from two previous studies on third-year Dutch/English bilingual ...
Rosalinde Stadt   +2 more
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Grammatical mapping in L3 acquisition

2023
Abstract In this chapter, we focus on the question of how development may take place in multilingual (L3) acquisition and the role of prior knowledge in this process. The theoretical paradigm called Grammatical Mapping (GM) ( Lust,
Éva Fernández-Berkes, Suzanne Flynn
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L2 and L3 acquisition

Abstract This chapter provides an overview of research on the acquisition of Portuguese as a second (L2) and third (L3) language. We consider the broader contexts of the acquisition of Portuguese as an L2 and L3 and some of the primary characteristics of the growing body of research in these areas.
David Giancaspro, Becky González
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Acquisition of L3 German

2012
In order to test current generative third language (L3) acquisition theories, this study attempts to tease apart the effect of first (L1) and second language (L2) knowledge on properties in the L3 of German. The properties tested are gender assignment, gender concord and the definite/indefinite contrast.
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L3/Ln acquisition

2012
This paper approaches the research questions in current L3 acquisition research from the point of view of the current debates in L2A. We consider published L3 acquisition data to see whether four current hypotheses: the Feature Reassembly Hypothesis, the Interface Hypothesis, the Bottleneck Hypothesis and the Interpretability ...
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