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L2 and L3 Ultimate Attainment: An Investigation of Two Parameters
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Hermas, Abdelkader – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2014
This study considers the upper limit of ultimate attainment in the L2 French and L3 English of trilingual learners. The learners are native speakers of Moroccan Arabic who started learning L2 French at eight and L3 English at 16. They are advanced in both languages. Four constructions representing the verb movement and null subject parameter were…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, French, English (Second Language), Semitic Languages
Language Acquisition as Computational Resetting: Verb Movement in L3 Initial State
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Hermas, Abdelkader – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2010
This study considers the acquisition of the verb movement parameter in L3 English by adult Arabic-French bilinguals. The focus is on the nature of the L3 initial state and the contribution of the syntactic (C[subscript HL]) and post-syntactic (phonetic form) modules to the process of parameter resetting. The results of acceptability judgement…
Descriptors: Semitic Languages, Verbs, Grammar, Second Language Learning