Third Language Acquisition and Universal Grammar Book
Third Language Acquisition and Universal Grammar
Yan-kit Ingrid Leung, "Third Language Acquisition and Universal Grammar "
Multilingual Matters | 2009 | ISBN: 1847691315 | 336 pages | PDF | 2 MB
"Third Language Acquisition and Universal Grammar" contains nine chapters on adult third language (L3) or multilingual acquisition from the Universal Grammar (UG) perspective. A variety of languages other than English are involved in the studies reported in the papers, including Cantonese Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Kazakh, Mandarin Chinese, Norwegian, Russian, Spanish, Tagalog, and Thai, with acquisition cases taking place in a number of different geographical locations, such as Canada, Germany, Hong Kong, Norway, Taiwan, Thailand, the UK and the USA. This volume will appeal to those studying L3 acquisition from a variety of theoretical perspectives and should encourage scholarly exchange between the fields of bi-/multilingualism and SLA.
Review
A pioneer in the theoretical study of third language acquisition and interlanguage transfer, Ingrid Leung presents a series of original studies from diverse theoretical perspectives, ranging from typology to Universal Grammar and multicompetence. Featuring interesting three-way interactions between European and Asian languages, the studies offer an intriguing taste of the findings beginning to emerge in this rapidly developing field. --Stephen Matthews, University of Hong Kong
Leung's volume makes an important contribution to the dynamic, fast-growing field of third language acquisition, showcasing state of the art research and presenting a bird's eye view of the challenging research agenda. The papers shows how the acquisition of third language competence poses new theoretical and empirical puzzles that can be described and explained in interesting ways. The volume is sure to inspire further studies in the field. --Virginia Yip, Chinese University of Hong Kong THIRD LANGUAGE ACQUISITION AND UNIVERSAL GRAMMAR .
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