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Amaro, Jennifer Cabrelli; Rothman, Jason – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching (IRAL), 2010
The goal of this article is to make an epistemological and theoretical contribution to the nascent field of third language (L3) acquisition and show how examining L3 development can offer a unique view into longstanding debates within L2 acquisition theory. We offer the Phonological Permeability Hypothesis (PPH), which maintains that examining the…
Descriptors: Phonology, Multilingualism, Epistemology, Second Language Learning
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Iverson, Michael – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching (IRAL), 2010
Following Cabrelli et al. (What the start of L3 tells us about the end of L2: N-drop in L2 and L3 Portuguese, BUCLD, 2008), Iverson (Competing SLA hypotheses assessed: Comparing heritage and successive Spanish bilinguals of L3 Brazilian Portuguese, Mouton de Gruyter, 2009) and others, I argue that the L3 initial state is an important tool in…
Descriptors: Semantics, Form Classes (Languages), Testing, Portuguese
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Rothman, Jason – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching (IRAL), 2010
One central question in the formal linguistic study of adult multilingual morphosyntax (i.e., L3/Ln acquisition) involves determining the role(s) the L1 and/or the L2 play(s) at the L3 initial state (e.g., Bardel & Falk, Second Language Research 23: 459-484, 2007; Falk & Bardel, Second Language Research: forthcoming; Flynn et al., The…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Language Research, Second Language Learning, Multilingualism