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Crosslinguistic influence in third language acquisition

Authors: Jensen, Isabel Nadine;

Crosslinguistic influence in third language acquisition

Abstract

I denne avhandlingen utforsker vi tverrspråklig innflytelse i tredjespråkstilegnelse gjennom tre artikler som undersøker hvordan ulike lingvistiske variabler påvirker innflytelsen av tidligere tilegnede språksystemer. Målet med avhandlingen er å bidra til ny innsikt i språktilegnelse som kognitiv prosess. Vi samlet data ved hjelp av offline akseptabilitetstester. I artikkel 1 og 2 testet vi norsk–engelsk tospråklige som ble eksponert for et kunstig tredjespråk. I artikkel 3 testet vi tospråklige talere av russisk og norsk som hadde hatt engelsk på skolen i fem–seks år. Vi brukte regresjonsanalyse (blandet modell) til å utforske dataene. Resultatene viser at begge tidligere tilegnede språk påvirker tredjespråket, både tidlig i tilegnelsesprosessen og ved senere stadier. Blant mer erfarne tredjespråksinnlærere finner vi både positiv og negativ innflytelse. Vi finner ingen indikasjoner på at et av språkene blir valgt som den eneste kilden til tverrspråklig innflytelse, men derimot at likheter mellom målspråkets grammatikk og tidligere tilegnede grammatiske systemer påvirker hvor innflytelsen kommer fra. Vi argumenterer for at resultatene reflekterer en kompleks læringssituasjon der lingvistiske strukturer fra begge tidligere tilegnede språk er parallelt aktivert og kjemper mot hverandre i en konkurranse der likheter mellom målspråket og de eksisterende språkene i stor grad avgjør innflytelsen på tredjespråket.

In this dissertation, crosslinguistic influence in third language (L3) acquisition is investigated in three articles that explore how linguistic variables affect the influence of pre-existing grammars. The goal is to contribute to novel insights about the cognitive process of language acquisition. We collected data in offline acceptability judgements tasks. In articles 1 and 2, we tested Norwegian–English bilinguals who were exposed to an artificial L3. In article 3, we tested Russian–Norwegian bilinguals who had been instructed in English for five–six years. We analysed the data by means of mixed-effects modelling. The results show that L3ers are influenced by both pre-existing languages, at early and intermediate stages. At intermediate stages, we documented both facilitative and non-facilitative influence. We clearly see that the source of the influence is affected by similarities between the L3 and pre-existing grammars, but we find no indications of wholesale transfer. We argue that the results reflect a complex learning situation in which candidate structures from both pre-existing languages are co-activated and compete for the overall best fit to the L3 input. The goodness of fit of a given structure determines the level of activation and consequently, the influence on the target interlanguage.

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VDP::Humanities: 000::Linguistics: 010, VDP::Humaniora: 000::Språkvitenskapelige fag: 010

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