Third Language Acquisition and Universal Grammar /

Third Language Acquisition and Universal Grammar / / ed. by Yan-kit Ingrid Leung.

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Third Language Acquisition and Universal Grammar contains nine chapters on adult third language (L3) or multilingual acquisition from the Universal Grammar (UG) perspective. A variety of languages other than English are involved in the studies reported in the papers, including Cantonese Chinese, Fre...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter MultiLingual Matters Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
MitwirkendeR:
Bayona, Patricia,
Cook, Vivian,
Flynn, Suzanne,
Foote, Rebecca,
Jaensch, Carol,
Jin, Fufen,
Leung, Yan-kit Ingrid,
Ranong, Sirirat Na,
Tsang, Wai lan,
jen Chin, Diana Hsien-,
HerausgeberIn:
Leung, Yan-kit Ingrid,
Place / Publishing House:Bristol ;, Blue Ridge Summit : : Multilingual Matters, , [2009]
©2009
Year of Publication:2009
Language:English
Series:Second Language Acquisition
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Physical Description:1 online resource (232 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Contributors
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. The Acquisition of Spanish Middle and Impersonal Passive Constructions from SLA and TLA Perspectives
  • Chapter 2. Language Transfer in the Acquisition of the Semantic Contrast in L3 Spanish
  • Chapter 3. Multilingual Universal Grammar as the Norm
  • Chapter 4. UG and L3 Acquisition: New Insights and More Questions
  • Chapter 5. Transfer in L3 Acquisition: The Role of Typology
  • Chapter 6. L3 Enhanced Feature Sensitivity as a Result of Higher Profi ciency in the L2
  • Chapter 7. Third Language Acquisition of Norwegian Objects: Interlanguage Transfer or L1 Infl uence?
  • Chapter 8. Null Objects in L1 Thai–L2 English–L3 Chinese: An Empiricist Take on a Theoretical Problem
  • Chapter 9. The L3 Acquisition of Cantonese Refl exives
  • Appendix

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