Chapter 2. Toward a new understanding of syntactic CLI
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Suzanne Flynn
Abstract
With the aim to attain a principled understanding of adult L2/L3 acquisition, we present data from a large corpus that focuses on L2/L3 identification of nominal gaps of empty categories. We show that both surface and abstract properties of the target language play significant roles in development. The analyses of amount correct and nature of errors indicate that the initial state in both L2/L3 studies emerge in terms of the learners’ identification of a nominal gap within the given expression but not necessarily in an L1 manner. Based on the finding that CLI is syntactically selective and principled, multilingual development is to be understood as a specific reconstruction and integration of surface and abstract features of the target language.
Abstract
With the aim to attain a principled understanding of adult L2/L3 acquisition, we present data from a large corpus that focuses on L2/L3 identification of nominal gaps of empty categories. We show that both surface and abstract properties of the target language play significant roles in development. The analyses of amount correct and nature of errors indicate that the initial state in both L2/L3 studies emerge in terms of the learners’ identification of a nominal gap within the given expression but not necessarily in an L1 manner. Based on the finding that CLI is syntactically selective and principled, multilingual development is to be understood as a specific reconstruction and integration of surface and abstract features of the target language.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Acknowledgments ix
- L3 syntactic transfer – an integrative approach 1
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Part I. Refining the existing models on L3 syntactic transfer
- Chapter 1. Language control in the context of L3 acquisition 13
- Chapter 2. Toward a new understanding of syntactic CLI 35
- Chapter 3. Testing the current models of third language acquisition 63
- Chapter 4. The L2 status factor hypothesis revisited 85
- Chapter 5. Transfer or no transfer; that is the question 103
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Part II. New empirical studies on L3 syntactic transfer
- Chapter 6. On pronouns that drop (out of German) 127
- Chapter 7. Transfer effects in the acquisition of double object constructions in English as an L3 143
- Chapter 8. L3 morphosyntactic effects on L1 vs. L2 systems 173
- Chapter 9. (When) do L3 English learners transfer from L2 German? 195
- Chapter 10. Transfer from an L2 in third language learning 223
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Part III. Implications for instructed L3 acquisition
- Chapter 11. Input Processing and Processing Instruction 253
- Chapter 12. From theory to practice in multilingualism 277
- Chapter 13. Input-Practice-Output 299
- About the contributors 321
- Index 325
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Acknowledgments ix
- L3 syntactic transfer – an integrative approach 1
-
Part I. Refining the existing models on L3 syntactic transfer
- Chapter 1. Language control in the context of L3 acquisition 13
- Chapter 2. Toward a new understanding of syntactic CLI 35
- Chapter 3. Testing the current models of third language acquisition 63
- Chapter 4. The L2 status factor hypothesis revisited 85
- Chapter 5. Transfer or no transfer; that is the question 103
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Part II. New empirical studies on L3 syntactic transfer
- Chapter 6. On pronouns that drop (out of German) 127
- Chapter 7. Transfer effects in the acquisition of double object constructions in English as an L3 143
- Chapter 8. L3 morphosyntactic effects on L1 vs. L2 systems 173
- Chapter 9. (When) do L3 English learners transfer from L2 German? 195
- Chapter 10. Transfer from an L2 in third language learning 223
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Part III. Implications for instructed L3 acquisition
- Chapter 11. Input Processing and Processing Instruction 253
- Chapter 12. From theory to practice in multilingualism 277
- Chapter 13. Input-Practice-Output 299
- About the contributors 321
- Index 325
