Skip to content
You are not logged in |Login  
     
Limit search to available items
Record:   Prev Next
Resources
More Information
Bestseller
BestsellerE-book

Title Third language acquisition in adulthood / edited by Jennifer Cabrelli Amaro, Suzanne Flynn, Jason Rothman.

Publication Info. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins, [2012]
©2012

Item Status

Description 1 online resource (vi, 312 pages) : illustrations.
text file
Series Studies in bilingualism ; v. 46
Studies in bilingualism ; v. 46.
Note Papers presented at the Obermann Center Summer Seminar "Third Language Acquisition: Developing a Research Base", held at the University of Iowa in conjunction with MIT in the summer of 2010.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary Research on the phonological acquisition of a third language (L3) is still in its infancy; therefore, the present contribution is intended to further investigate the area by focusing on the phenomenon of foreign accentedness and the widely disputed sources of cross-linguistic influence in L3 phonology. The study employs the technique of perceptual judgement of a foreign accent in a third language. It aims to determine whether trilingual speakers of typologically unrelated languages (i.e. L1 Polish, L2 French and L3 English) have a tendency toward L1- or L2-accented speech in L3 performance and.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Multilingualism.
Multilingualism.
Adult education.
Adult education.
Language acquisition.
Language acquisition.
Language and languages -- Study and teaching.
Language and languages -- Study and teaching.
Language transfer (Language learning)
Language transfer (Language learning)
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Cabrelli Amaro, Jennifer.
Flynn, Suzanne.
Rothman, Jason.
Other Form: Print version: Third language acquisition in adulthood. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2012 9789027241870 (DLC) 2012033116 (OCoLC)808108739
ISBN 9789027241870 (Cloth)
9027241872 (Cloth)
9781283895385 (MyiLibrary)
1283895382 (MyiLibrary)
9789027273031 (electronic book)
9027273030 (electronic book)