What Variables Condition Syntactic Transfer? A Look at the L3 Initial State

Autor/inn/en	Rothman, Jason; Cabrelli Amaro, Jennifer
Titel	What Variables Condition Syntactic Transfer? A Look at the L3 Initial State
Quelle	In: Second Language Research, 26 (2010) 2, S.189-218 (30 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0267-6583
DOI	10.1177/0267658309349410
Schlagwörter	Grammar; Second Language Learning; French; Transfer of Training; Multilingualism; Linguistic Theory; Adults; Prior Learning; Language Acquisition; Spanish; Italian; English; Native Speakers; Language Research; Comparative Analysis; Research Methodology + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Grammatik; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Französisch; Training; Transfer; Ausbildung; Mehrsprachigkeit; Multilingualismus; Linguistische Theorie; Vorkenntnisse; Sprachaneignung; Spracherwerb; Spanisch; Italienisch; English language; Englisch; Muttersprachler; Sprachforschung; Research method; Forschungsmethode
Abstract	This study investigates transfer at the third-language (L3) initial state, testing between the following possibilities: (1) the first language (L1) transfer hypothesis (an L1 effect for all adult acquisition), (2) the second language (L2) transfer hypothesis, where the L2 blocks L1 transfer (often referred to in the recent literature as the "L2 status factor"; Williams and Hammarberg, 1998), and (3) the Cumulative Enhancement Model (Flynn "et al.", 2004), which proposes selective transfer from all previous linguistic knowledge. We provide data from successful English-speaking learners of L2 Spanish at the initial state of acquiring L3 French and L3 Italian relating to properties of the Null-Subject Parameter (e.g. Chomsky, 1981; Rizzi, 1982). We compare these groups to each other, as well as to groups of English learners of L2 French and L2 Italian at the initial state, and conclude that the data are consistent with the predictions of the "L2 status factor". However, we discuss an alternative possible interpretation based on (psycho)typologically-motivated transfer (borrowing from Kellerman, 1983), providing a methodology for future research in this domain to meaningfully tease apart the "L2 status factor" from this alternative account. (Contains 2 figures, 6 tables and 10 footnotes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10