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dc.contributor.authorMitrofanova, Natalia
dc.contributor.authorLeivada, Evelina
dc.contributor.authorWestergaard, Marit Kristine Richardsen
dc.date.accessioned2023-10-16T08:14:37Z
dc.date.available2023-10-16T08:14:37Z
dc.date.issued2023-10-10
dc.description.abstractThis study investigates the role of lexical vs structural similarity in L3 acquisition. We designed a mini-artificial language learning task where the novel L3 was lexically based on Norwegian but included a property that was present in Russian and Greek yet absent in Norwegian (grammatical case). The participants were Norwegian-Russian and Norwegian-Greek bilinguals as well as a group of Norwegian L1 speakers. All participants also knew some English. The morphological expression of the L3 target property was more like Russian than Greek in that case was marked on the noun itself, not on articles. The results of our study indicate that previous experience with a language that is structurally like the L3 (Russian) is facilitative, even when the L3 lexically resembles a language that lacks this grammatical property (Norwegian). Our results suggest overt that the morphological expression of the target property also plays a role: previous experience with Greek that marks the target contrast on determiners did not seem to be facilitative at early stages of acquisition. Overall, our results are in line with models of L3/Ln acquisition which assume that both previously acquired languages influence the development of the L3 and that structural, morphological and lexical similarity play a role.en_US
dc.identifier.citationMitrofanova N, Leivada E, Westergaard M. Crosslinguistic influence in L3 acquisition: Evidence from artificial language learning. Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism. 2023en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 2184712
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1075/lab.22063.mit
dc.identifier.issn1879-9264
dc.identifier.issn1879-9272
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/31570
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherJohn Benjamins Publishingen_US
dc.relation.journalLinguistic Approaches to Bilingualism
dc.relation.projectIDUiT Norges arktiske universitet: 2062165en_US
dc.relation.projectIDNorges forskningsråd: 250857en_US
dc.relation.urihttps://www.jbe-platform.com/content/journals/10.1075/lab.22063.mit
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2023 The Author(s)en_US
dc.titleCrosslinguistic influence in L3 acquisition: Evidence from artificial language learningen_US
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dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typeTidsskriftartikkelen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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