Cross-Linguistic Influence in Third Language Acquisition

Psycholinguistic Perspectives

Edited by Prof. Jasone Cenoz, Dr. Britta Hufeisen, Dr. Ulrike Jessner

Publication date:

10 September 2001

Publisher

Multilingual Matters

Dimensions:

210x148mm
6x8"

ISBN-13: 9781853595493

Third language acquisition is a common phenomenon, which presents some specific characteristics as compared to second language acquisition. This volume adopts a psycholinguistic approach in the study of cross-linguistic influence in third language acquisition and focuses on the role of previously acquired languages and the conditions that determine their influence.