Cross-linguistic Influences in Multilingual Language Acquisition

This volume depicts the phenomenon of cross-linguistic influences in the specific context of multilingual language acquisition. It consists of articles on various issues relating to the syntactic and lexical development of foreign language learners from different L1 backgrounds, in many cases involving languages which are typologically distant from English, such as Russian, Croatian, Greek and Portuguese. Individual chapters highlight different areas expected to be especially transfer-prone at the level of grammatical and lexical transfer in particular contexts of language contact.

List of contents

Enhanced L3...Ln Acquisition and its Implications for Language Teaching.- Cross-linguistic Interaction at the grammatical level in L3 reception and production.- Multilingualism in a football team: the case of IFK Marienhamn.

Summary

This volume depicts the phenomenon of cross-linguistic influences in the specific context of multilingual language acquisition. It consists of articles on various issues relating to the syntactic and lexical development of foreign language learners from different L1 backgrounds, in many cases involving languages which are typologically distant from English, such as Russian, Croatian, Greek and Portuguese. Individual chapters highlight different areas expected to be especially transfer-prone at the level of grammatical and lexical transfer in particular contexts of language contact.

Product details

• Assisted by: Danuta Gabry-Barker (Editor), Danut Gabrys-Barker (Editor), Danuta Gabrys-Barker (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.07.2012
• EAN: 9783642295560
• ISBN: 978-3-642-29556-0
• No. of pages: 198
• Weight: 460 g
• Illustrations: XIV, 198 p.
• Series: Second Language Learning and Teaching; Second Language Learning and Teaching
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; B, Education, Multilingualism, Comparative Linguistics, Third Language Acquisition, Language Transfer