Naslov
The Role of Second Language Transfer in the Acquisition of Third Language (Spanish and German)

Autori
Božinović, Nikolina ; Perić, Barbara

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
Zbornik radova s XXXVI. međunarodnog znanstvenog skupa Hrvatskog društva za primijenjenu lingvistiku, Knjiga sažetaka / Glušac, Maja ; Mikić Čolić, Ana - Osijek : Filozofski fakultet Sveučilišta Josipa Jurja Strossmayera u Osijeku, 2022, 53-53-54

ISBN
978-953-314-152-7

Skup
36. međunarodni znanstveni skup Hrvatskog društva za primijenjenu lingvistiku: Standardni i nestandardni idiomi

Mjesto i datum
Osijek, Hrvatska, 09.06.2022. - 11.06.2022

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
L2 proficiency, cross-linguistic influences, error analysis

Sažetak
This study examines L2 transfer during third language acquisition within the general context of cross-linguistic influence. The learners who acquired L2 – English and who are presently in the process of acquiring L3 – German/Spanish are the focus of our study. The complexity of cross- linguistic influence indicates that many factors are involved and interact when languages come into contact (Murphy 2003). Many authors state that proficiency in previously acquired languages as well as the proficiency in the target language is one of the most important factors determining the likelihood of language transfer (Ringbom 1987, Williams & Hammarberg 1998, Bardel 2010). Ringbom (1987) claims that transfer of form is a relatively superficial type of transfer which can equally concern the L1 or the L2 since proficiency in the non-native language does not need to be very high for this type of transfer to occur. In contrast, he maintains transfer of meaning can only take place from languages the speaker knows well, therefore from the L1 or from an L2 in which the speaker is highly fluent. This issue is addressed in our study. We also claim that L2 has a greater influence on L3 when learners have achieved a high level of L2 proficiency than when they have achieved a low level of L2 proficiency. There were 80 participants in this research, 40 of them were Croatian university students and 40 of them students of the Rochester Institute of Technology. All participants were speakers of Croatian as L1, and for all of them L2 was English and L3 was German/Spanish in respect to order of language acquisition. The results of the study investigating the effect of L2 proficiency on cross-linguistic influence from L1 Croatian and L2 English on L3 German/Spanish are reported in this paper. Rates of lexical inventions and language shifts were compared for two groups of L3 learners with different levels of L2 proficiency. Our hypotheses were confirmed on the basis of the error analysis in the compositions of the participants. The results also suggest that, unless a high level of L2 proficiency is achieved, cross-linguistic influence from L2 on L3 is very marginal.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Filologija, Interdisciplinarne humanističke znanosti

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