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L1 and L2 Distance Effects in Learning L3 Dutch
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Schepens, Job J.; der Slik, Frans; Hout, Roeland – Language Learning, 2016
Many people speak more than two languages. How do languages acquired earlier affect the learnability of additional languages? We show that linguistic distances between speakers' first (L1) and second (L2) languages and their third (L3) language play a role. Larger distances from the L1 to the L3 and from the L2 to the L3 correlate with lower…
Descriptors: Native Language, Second Language Learning, Morphology (Languages), Correlation