Review of Crosslinguistic influence and second language learning by Kevin McManus

As a prevalent phenomenon in second language acquisition (SLA), crosslinguistic influence (CLI) has attracted ever-lasting attention, as reflected by the publication of several monographs (e.g., Cai, 2021; Jarvis & Pavlenko, 2008; Odlin, 1989; Ringbom, 2007), many edited volumes Alonso, 2016; Gass Selinker, 1983), and numerous research articles. In these books papers, mounting evidence for CLI been accumulated various areas languages. particular, may occur between first (L1) (L2) lexicon, grammar, phonology, discourse, pragmatics, with its effects being both positive negative. Besides, it shown that occurrence is constrained variety factors, such linguistic psycholinguistic factors those related to learning environment use (Jarvis 2008). addressed from diverse theoretical perspectives including universal functional linguistics, psycholinguistics (see 2021 review).