The Acquisition of Chinese as a third language by Japanese L1/English L2 speakers

摘要

The role of language transfer in second language acquisition has long been the focusudin the study of cross-linguistic influence. Much has been written about how theudlearner’s existing linguistic knowledge influences the course of second languageuddevelopment. In the last decade, however, there have been a considerable number ofudbooks and journal articles dealing with a relatively under-explored field: the role ofudlanguage transfer during third language acquisition. The question arises as to how theudlearner’s three languages interact with each other during the language learning process.