Second language (L2) learners are known to have difficulty producing inflection in obligatory
contexts reliably. According to the Prosodic Transfer Hypothesis (PTH), the prosodic …

In this article we look at some of the structural properties of second language (L2) Japanese
WH questions. In Japanese the WH words are licensed to remain in situ by the prosodic …

In this paper, we discuss a child Kazakh speaker's acquisition of English as her second
language. In particular, we focus on this child's development of the English segments| f, v, θ …

Discussion of the theoretical underpinning of pseudo-passive constructions abounds in
generative linguistics and comparative typology. However, the cognitive construal of and …

In third language acquisition (L3A) research on cross-linguistic influence, much of the
emphasis of the existing acquisition models has been on the transfer of morphosyntactic …

Abstract In the New England region of the United States, there exist large communities of
French speakers, almost all of whom are descendants of immigrants who came from Quebec …

This is a study of Mandarin third tone (T3) sandhi produced by learners learning Mandarin
as a second language, third language, or heritage language. I investigate factors affecting …

This study addresses the acquisition of the morphological markers in Persian learners of
English as a foreign language. To this end, the accuracy order of nine morphemes including …

This study investigated the Impact of the First Language Transfer on English Language
Syntax for Arab ESL Students at Private Language Center in Mid-Size University Town. The …

This thesis investigates language transfer in bilinguals at the beginning of the learning of a
novel language. Participants are speakers with L1 English and L2 French, or L1 French and …