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Heritage language proficiency does not predict syntactic CLI into L3 English
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- Lloyd-Smith, Anika (author)
- University of Konstanz
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- Gyllstad, Henrik (author)
- Lund University,Lunds universitet,Språkinlärning,Forskargrupper vid Lunds universitet,Språk, Kognition och Discourse@Lund (SKD@L),Engelska,Avdelningen för engelska,Sektion 4,Språk- och litteraturcentrum,Institutioner,Humanistiska och teologiska fakulteterna,Gemensam forskarutbildning,Centre for Engineering Education CEE,Annan verksamhet, LTH,Lunds Tekniska Högskola,Language Acquisition,Lund University Research Groups,Language, Cognition and Discourse@Lund (LCD@L),English Studies,Division of English Studies,Section 4,Centre for Languages and Literature,Departments,Joint Faculties of Humanities and Theology,Other operations, LTH,Faculty of Engineering, LTH
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- Kupisch, Tanja (author)
- University of Konstanz
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- Quaglia, Stefano (author)
- University of Konstanz
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- 2018-05-14
- 2021
- English.
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In: International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism. - : Informa UK Limited. - 1367-0050 .- 1747-7522. ; 24:3, s. 435-451
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- This study examines cross-linguistic influence (CLI) in the acquisition of embedded wh-questions in L3 English in German-dominant heritage speakers (HSs) of Italian. Specifically, we investigate whether a higher proficiency in the heritage language Italian increases the potential for CLI from that language. To this end, 21 adult-aged Italian-German early bilinguals and 32 monolingual controls (L1 speakers of Italian, German, or English) completed an acceptability judgement task that tested the acquisition of embedded wh-questions in English (while also controlling for the acquisition of the relevant properties in German and Italian). Language dominance was assessed using a yes/no vocabulary test and a proficiency index based on various aspects of self-reported language use and proficiency. Our results suggest that syntactic CLI occurs from both languages and that this is unrelated to overall dominance in German or proficiency in Italian.
Subject headings
- HUMANIORA -- Språk och litteratur -- Jämförande språkvetenskap och allmän lingvistik (hsv//swe)
- HUMANITIES -- Languages and Literature -- General Language Studies and Linguistics (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- L3 acquisition
- heritage speakers
- language dominance
- embedded wh-questions
- syntactic CLI
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