Crosslinguistic Influence and Second Language Learning provides a comprehensive
overview of what is currently known about prior language knowledge and experience in …

This study examines the role of language dominance (LD) on linguistic competence
outcomes in two types of early bilinguals:(i) child L2 learners of Catalan (L1 Spanish-L2 …

Background: Earlier research focuses primarily on the cognitive changes due to Alzheimer's
disease (AD); however, little is known with regard to changes in language competence …

This randomized trial study aimed to analyze the efficacy of two different school-based
interventions—normal preschool literacy teaching, and the PASSI intervention carried out for …

Grammatical redundancy is a widespread feature across languages. Although redundant
cues can be seen to increase the complexity and processing burden of structures, it has …

The present paper deals with the attrition of the first language. It presents a general overview
of language attrition as a research field and discusses the main characteristics of the …

Earlier research on first (L1) and second language acquisition (L2A) often focused on the
perceived nativeness of the learner as a function of age of onset of acquisition (AoA) …

Acquiring vocabulary is essential to second language (L2) learning (Coady & Huckin, 1997).
Learned words are integrated in the (multilingual) mental lexicon, the collection of all the …

Diglossia refers to a socio-linguistic situation in which two varieties of the same language
are used for distinct purposes in everyday life. In Arabic, Spoken Arabic (SA) is the firstly …

Research into cross-linguistic influence in L3 acquisition and processing has recently shown
remarkable growth. However, still little is known about reverse interactions, ie the effects of …