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The effect of previously acquired languages on third language acquisition [PDF]
Our study explores how previously acquired languages affect third language (L3) acquisition. The learning and control groups composed adpositional phrases and relative clauses, and then judged sentences with strict/sloppy readings presented in their L3 ...
Xiaoyu Luan +4 more
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Second Language Transfer During Third Language Acquisition
A recent focus in the study of cross-linguistic influence is the role of transfer during third language acquisition. How do the learner’s first and second languages influence the acquisition of a third language?
Shirin Murphy
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On the status of transfer in adult third language acquisition of early bilinguals. [PDF]
The study of linguistic transfer-understood here in terms of the copying of previous linguistic representations-seeks to reveal how domain-relevant prior language knowledge impacts the acquisition and development of new mental representations more ...
Jorge González Alonso +4 more
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Mapping the research trends of third language acquisition: A bibliometric analysis based on Scopus [PDF]
L3 acquisition is gaining prominence in the academic community. The cardinal aim of this study is to conduct a bibliometric analysis of research on L3 acquisition. 425 documents from the Scopus database were analyzed with Bibliometrix.
Zhao Liu
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Third language acquisition [PDF]
Up until around ten years ago, third language acquisition (L3A) research was generally subsumed under the umbrella term of second language acquisition (L2A). In this short space of time, however, L3A has established itself as an independent strand of linguistic research, providing an invaluable source of information into language and language ...
Rothman, J. +2 more
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First Language transfer effect on acquisition of english third person singular-s in Ivorian high school context [PDF]
: This article reports the results of a classroom research exploring the effects of first language (L1) transfer on the acquisition of English Third Person Singular –s by some Ivorian high-school students learning English as a foreign language.
Kouassi TANOH
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Multilingualism and third language acquisition
The purpose of this book is to present recent studies in the field of multilingualism and L3, bringing together contributions from an international group of specialists from Austria, Canada, Germany, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, and United States. The main focuses of the articles are three: language acquisition, language learning and teaching.
Pinto, Jorge, Alexandre, Nëlia
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International Chinese language education has long been incorporated into the theoretical framework of Second Language Acquisition (SLA), while Chinese is being learned as a third language in most overseas countries.
Ying Tang
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The aim of this contribution is to highlight the role and relevance of neurolinguistics accounts for second and third language syntactic acquisition/processing.
Tanja Angelovska, Dietmar Roehm
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Persian and Arabic Language Students’ L3 Acquisition of English Plural Marking: Language of Instruction Matters for Cross-Linguistic Influence [PDF]
This study aims at comparing the effects of order of acquisition (L1 vs. L2) and language of contact instruction on third language acquisition (L3), exploring whether the context of acquisition affects learners’ knowledge of the L3.
Fatemeh Khezri +3 more
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