Third language (L3) lexical acquisition is still underexplored. In this article I overview theoretical and empirical evidence on L3 the role of cross-linguistic influence (CLI) in learning words. explain mechanism CLI as resulting from co-activation multilingual learner’s/user’s mind. Consequently, aim to ground studies previous research second (L2) word processing learning, emphasize similarit...

Abstract We examined the association between bilingualism, executive function (EF), and brain volume in older monolinguals bilinguals who spoke English, Spanish, or both, were cognitively normal (CN) diagnosed with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) dementia. Gray matter (GMV) was higher language EF regions among bilinguals, but no differences found memory regions. Neuropsychological performance d...

Abstract This study brings together two previously largely independent fields of multilingual language acquisition: heritage and third (L3) acquisition. We investigate the production fortis lenis stops in semi-naturalistic speech three languages 20 speakers (HSs) Italian with German as a majority English L3. The aims to identify extent which HSs produce distinct values across all languages, or ...

There is a scarcity of research into the relationship between speech perception and production from multilingual perspective. The present exploratory study investigates longitudinally acquisition rhotic sounds in 24 adolescent learners who have same language repertoires (English, German, Polish), with English being their L2, German Polish L1 or L3. design involved forced-choice goodness task (f...

The research reported in this article investigated how students learning Japanese or Russian as a third language (L3) perceived and produced word-initial stops their respective target the link between perception production. participants study were 39 Chinese university who spoke Mandarin first (L1), English second (L2), L3. An L3 identification task, an reading L2 task used to investigate learn...

Recent studies revealed inconsistent evidences of a bilingual advantage in executive processing. One potential source of explanation is the multifaceted experience of the bilinguals in these studies. This study seeks to test whether bilinguals who engage in language selection more frequently would perform better in executive control tasks than those bilinguals who engage in language selection l...