Generative Approaches to Third Language Acquisition

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1 - Generative Approaches to Third Language Acquisition

from Part I - Theoretical Approaches to L3/Ln

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 July 2023

Jorge González Alonso

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Jennifer Cabrelli ,

Adel Chaouch-Orozco ,

Jorge González Alonso ,

Sergio Miguel Pereira Soares ,

Eloi Puig-Mayenco and

Jason Rothman

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Jennifer Cabrelli: Affiliation:
University of Illinois, Chicago
Adel Chaouch-Orozco: Affiliation:
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Jorge González Alonso: Affiliation:
Universidad Nebrija, Spain and UiT, Arctic University of Norway
Sergio Miguel Pereira Soares: Affiliation:
Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics
Eloi Puig-Mayenco: Affiliation:
King's College London
Jason Rothman: Affiliation:
UiT, Arctic University of Norway and Universidad Nebrija, Spain

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This chapter provides an introduction to formal linguistic approaches to third language acquisition. A substantial body of work on sequential multilingualism has been produced in the last two decades under assumptions and theoretical constructs that followed from the generative tradition in second language acquisition. My aim in this chapter is to briefly survey the main theories, models, and proposals originated in this subfield, and to highlight which of the assumptions in the tradition of generative grammar bring them together as a coherent approach to the acquisition of third or further languages. Some of these are, essentially, questions the field inherited from second language acquisition; others are core theoretical concepts from the generative enterprise. The recognition of these common bases and goals can help future work on these models focus on moving the field forward as a whole.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108957823.002 [Opens in a new window]

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