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Commentary on Special Issue: Syntax and Verbal Short Term Memory
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Riches, Nick – First Language, 2020
Short term memory (STM) and working memory (WM) performance consistently predict language abilities in children with developmental language disorders. However, causality is not fully established. Moreover, evidence from the fine-grained analysis of STM/WM tasks and comprehension of complex sentences, suggests that long term memory (LTM)…
Descriptors: Syntax, Verbal Ability, Short Term Memory, Language Skills
Microvariation and Transfer in L2 and L3 Acquisition
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Gabriele, Alison – Second Language Research, 2021
This commentary discusses Westergaard's (2021) keynote article, which presents a comprehensive model of first language (L1), second language (L2), and third language (L3) acquisition. The commentary presents evidence from a previous study of L3 learners that provides support for Westergaard's property-by-property transfer proposal. The commentary…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Second Language Learning, Native Language, Linguistic Theory
Response to Pienemann's Critique of Zhang and Lantolf (2015)
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Lantolf, James P.; Zhang, Xian – Language Learning, 2015
We respond here to Pienemann's critique of our study that appeared earlier this year in the Language Learning Special Issue entitled "Orders and Sequences in the Acquisition of L2 Morphosyntax, 40 Years On" and guest edited by Jan Hulstijn, Rod Ellis, and Søren Eskildsen. Pienemann objected to our claim that the Teachability Hypothesis…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Language Acquisition, Morphology (Languages), Syntax