A functional approach to cross-linguistic influence in ab initio L3 acquisition*. Issue 2 (30th December 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: SANZ, CRISTINA; PARK, HAE IN; LADO, BEATRIZ
• Editors: García Mayo, María del Pilar
• Is Part Of: Bilingualism. Volume 18:Issue 2(2015)
• Page Start: 236
• Page End: 251
• Publication Date: 2014-12-30
• Subjects: cross-linguistic influence, -- third language acquisition, -- morphosyntactic transfer, -- processing strategies, -- Competition Model, -- agency assignment; Bilingualism -- Periodicals; Psycholinguistics -- Periodicals; Language acquisition -- Periodicals; 404.2
• DOI: 10.1017/S1366728914000285
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1366-7289

Abstract

Abstract : The present study follows the role of the first (L1, English) and second (L2, Japanese or Spanish) languages in ab initio third language (L3, Latin) acquisition. Participants (N = 25) were L2 classroom learners without immersion experience. In order to complement previous generativist studies and to offer a fuller developmental account of how transfer operates at the morphosyntactic level, the Competition Model (CM) was adopted as theoretical framework. Positive changes in overall accuracy and sentence processing patterns in role assignment in L3 Latin show L3 development as largely modulated by the L1, suggesting that higher levels of L2 resonance are necessary for integrated patterns of L1 and L2 cues to emerge.