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Commentary published In: Epistemological issue: Sources of knowledge in L3 acquisition
Edited by Cristina Flores and Neal Snape
[Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism 11:1] 2021
► pp. 96–102

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Commentary

Does Full Transfer Endure in L3A?

ORCiD logo with link | University of Southampton and NTNU the Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Published online: 1 March 2021
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https://doi.org/10.1075/lab.20087.sla
Article outline
  • What is the initial state in LA?
  • What happens with the unchosen language in LA?
  • What is in UG, really?
  • What is “stipulation” in theoretical proposals?
  • Transfer versus crosslinguistic influence
  • Acknowledgements
  • Note
  • References
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