The effect of linguistic distance, l2 status and age on crosslinguistic influence in third language acquisition. The role of metalinguistic awareness in multilingual acquisition jiyung jung teachers college, columbia university multilingual acquisition is a nonlinear and complex dynamic process. L2 activation and blending in third language acquisition. In a number of these countries it is common that english is learned as a third language. This study is focused on lexical crosslinguistic influences in spanish third. Crosslinguistic influence in third language acquisition rero doc. Crosslinguistic influence deals with the prior linguistic knowledge that humans have and how this has an impact on the target language tl. Cross linguistic influence in third language acquisition psycholinguistic perspectives. This paper aims examines the influence of two previously known languages on third language oral production. Although linguists often employ nativelanguage influence as a shorthand for language transfer, most are well aware that crosslinguistic influence can come not only from the first language l1 but also from the second language l2 in cases where the target language is the third language.
Crosslinguistic influence in tense aspect spanish l3 acquisition. Crosslinguistic influence in third language acquisition psycholinguistic perspectives. In third language acquisition, the forward transfer has been gained much attention. Pdf crosslinguistic influence in third language acquisition. Although linguists often employ nativelanguage influence as a shorthand for language transfer, most are well aware that crosslinguistic influence can come not only from the first language l1 but also from the second language l2 in cases where the target language is the third language l3. The additive effect of bilingualism on third language.
Lexical crosslinguistic influence in third language. The main purpose is to present the diversity of the experiments and to compare them as regards to the different aspects of cross linguistic influence cli being examined, the approaches to data collection their. Herdina and jessner 2002 proposed a psycholinguistic model. Third language acquisition, crosslinguistic influence, tense and aspect in l3 spanish, tunisian arabic speaking. Crosslinguistic influence in third language acquisition columbia. Psycholinguistic perspectives jasone cenoz britta hufeisen ulrike jessner jasone cenoz britta hufeisen ulrike jessner multilingual matters. Crosslinguistic influence in third language acquisition. Crosslinguistic influence in multilingual language. Introduction this research takes a new look at an old topic.
Influence in the narratives of nonnative speakers index. Third language acquisition in adulthood is a very welcome publication which provides an excellent anthology of readings in the area of l3ln acquisition. Crosslinguistic influences in the second language lexicon. Pdf this paper aims examines the influence of two previously known languages.
In jasone cenoz, britta hufeisen, ulrike jessner eds. In the field of second language acquisition sla, the role of transfer has been theorized and studied to account for the influence of the native language on an interlanguage. The main aim of this paper is to determine the crosslinguistic influence of the languages university students already speak or are learning on portuguese as a third language. Learners of german as an l3 and their production of german prepositional verbs. The effect of linguistic distance, l2 status and age on crosslinguistic influence in third language acquisition jasone cenoz 2.
The purpose of the present study was to bring together the evidence on possible crosslinguistic transfer in word order from two different perspectives. Such instances of transfer can take the form of the substitution of an intended l3 word by an l2. Crosslinguistic influence in third language aquisition. With the prevalence of learning a third or more language s, it has. The results of a study investigating the effect of l2 proficiency and l2 exposure on crosslinguistic influence from l1 english and l2 french on l3 german are reported in this paper. It provides an uptodate overview of the sociolinguistic, psycholinguistic and educational aspects of research on third language acquisition by focusing on english as a third language. This volume adopts a psycholinguistic approach in the study of crosslinguistic influence in third language acquisition and focuses on the role of. However, stemming from behaviorist mentality, the concept of transfer has become widely associated with the direct transfer of habits and fails to take into consideration other crosslinguistic influences cli that. Cenoz 2003 states third language acquisition refers to the acquisition of a nonnative language by learners who have previously acquired or are acquiring two other languages. Crosslinguistic influence in tense aspect spanish l3. This edited volume contains, in addition to an introduction, ten chapters.
Third language acquisition is a common phenomenon, which presents some specific characteristics as compared to second language acquisition. The psycholinguistic perspective, on the other hand, refers to tla. Crosslinguistic influence in thirdlanguage acquisition cejsh. One of the topics that pervades all the l3 acquisition literature written from a psycholinguistic perspective is that of crosslinguistic influence cli2. Their combined citations are counted only for the first article. Psycholinguistic perspectives bilingual education and bilingualism multilingual matters. The volume makes an important contribution to the field of l3ln research for several reasons. Crosslinguistic influence often referred to as transfer has been an important factor to consider in the study of foreign language acquisition in general in foreign language acquisition, the learner starts off with at least one fully acquired linguistic system. Introduction jasone cenoz, britta hufeisen and ulrike jessner 1.
The character of cli in the developing vocabulary is illustrated with data from learners of french and italian as foreign languages in sweden. Crosslinguistic influence in third language acquisition by jasone. Roles of l1 and l2 in l3 production and acquisition. Psycholinguistic perspectives volume 26 issue 3 terence odlin.
This volume adopts a psycholinguistic approach in the study of crosslinguistic influence in third language acquisition and focuses on the role of previously acquired languages and the conditions that determine their influence. The past several decades of research have revealed that a number of factors interact and influence. This volume focuses on the psycholinguistic aspects of language transfer when three languages are in contact, and provides an overview of the state of the art in crosslinguistic influence in third language acquisition. Second language transfer during third language acquisition 2 in this paper, i will explore what such l2 effects during third language production reveal about the nature of crosslinguistic influence when more than two languages come into contact. Recent psycholinguistic research on third language acquisition and trilingualism has made clear that the acquisition of an l3 shares many characteristics with the acquisition of an l2 but it. Crosslinguistic influence and morphological awareness in. The roles of typology and l2 status raquel llama research has consistently identified two factors which affect how previously learned languages may influence the learning of a third. This chapter is an overview of the study of lexical crosslinguistic influence cli in oral production at different stages of third language development. Lexical transfer research in third language acquisition. Linguistic influence in third language acquisition. This book emerges as a response to the increasing use of english as a lingua franca in the multilingual european context. Crosslinguistic influence in third language acquisition by jasone cenoz. Second language transfer during third language acquisition. Request pdf on jul 14, 2001, jasone cenoz and others published cross linguistic influence in third language acquisition psycholinguistic perspectives.