This article elucidates the Typological Primacy Model (TPM; Rothman, 2010, 2011, 2013) for
the initial stages of adult third language (L3) morphosyntactic transfer, addressing questions …

This article reviews studies in second language classroom research from a cross-theoretic
perspective, arguing that the classroom holds the potential for bringing together researchers …

Introduction: the paper investigates cross-linguistic influences between the two previously
learnt languages and their effects on classroom L3 acquisition. The study checks the …

This paper is devoted to the study of definite kinds and other generic expressions, such as
subkinds and definite plurals in argument position in Romance, namely Spanish. We …

The present study examines three competing models of morphosyntactic transfer in third
language (L3) acquisition, examining the particular domain of the feature configuration of …

This paper investigates how learners interpret definite plural noun phrases (eg, the tigers)
and bare (article-less) plural noun phrases (eg, tigers) in their second language. Whereas …

In this paper we claim that Bare Nominals in Brazilian Portuguese come in two shapes. Real
BNs, by which we mean bare count nouns not specified for number and definiteness …

This study examines second language (L2) acquisition of English generic noun phrases
(NPs) by Spanish, Turkish and Japanese learners. The aim is to identify the role of the first …

This article has two main objectives. First, we offer an introduction to the subfield of
generative third language (L3) acquisition. Concerned primarily with modeling initial stages …

The purpose of this study was to investigate attrition effects in a group of L1-Greek–L2-
English speakers and to explore their views on attrition and their feelings about their own …