Source(s) of Syntactic Cross-Linguistic Influence (CLI): The Case of L3 Acquisition of English Possessives by Mazandarani-Persian Bilinguals

Autor/inn/en	Fallah, Nader; Jabbari, Ali Akbar; Fazilatfar, Ali Mohammad
Titel	Source(s) of Syntactic Cross-Linguistic Influence (CLI): The Case of L3 Acquisition of English Possessives by Mazandarani-Persian Bilinguals
Quelle	In: Second Language Research, 32 (2016) 2, S.225-245 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0267-6583
DOI	10.1177/0267658315618009
Schlagwörter	Syntax; Transfer of Training; Second Language Learning; Indo European Languages; Multilingualism; English (Second Language); Oral Language; Imitation; Task Analysis; Native Language; Nouns; Form Classes (Languages); Language Classification; Pictorial Stimuli; Junior High School Students; Foreign Countries; Student Characteristics; Language Usage; Family Environment; Educational Environment; Grammar; Linguistic Theory; Bilingualism; Iran + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Training; Transfer; Ausbildung; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Indoeuropäisch; Mehrsprachigkeit; Multilingualismus; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Oral interpretation; Mündlicher Sprachgebrauch; Aufgabenanalyse; Analytischer Sprachbau; Sprachtypologie; Fantasieanregung; Junior High Schools; Student; Students; Sekundarstufe I; Schüler; Schülerin; Ausland; Sprachgebrauch; Familienmilieu; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Grammatik; Linguistische Theorie; Bilingualismus
Abstract	This study investigates the role of previously acquired linguistic systems, Mazandarani and Persian, in the acquisition of third language (L3) English at the initial stages. The data have been obtained from 31 students (age 13-14 years), testing the placement of attributive possessives in a grammaticality judgment task, an element rearrangement task and an elicited oral imitation task. The participants consist of three groups: The first two groups have Mazandarani as the first language (L1) and Persian as the second language (L2), but differ from each other with respect to the language of communication, Mazandarani and Persian, respectively. The third group has Persian as the L1 and Mazandarani as the L2, with Persian as the language of communication. English and Mazandarani pattern similarly in the target structures. That is to say, possessors precede possessed nouns and possessive adjectives come before nouns. In contrast, in Persian, possessives occur post-nominally. The results of this study reveal that none of the proposals tested (e.g. the L1 Factor, Hermas, 2010, 2014a, 2014b; the L2 Status Factor, Bardel and Falk, 2007; Falk and Bardel, 2011; the Cumulative Enhancement Model (CEM), Flynn et al., 2004; the Typological Proximity Model (TPM), Rothman, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2015) could account for the results obtained. This study provides support that at the initial stages of L3 acquisition, syntactic transfer originates from the language of communication, irrespective of order of acquisition. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01