Anna Skalba
List of John Benjamins publications in which Anna Skalba is involved.
Articles
2026 Cross-linguistic influence in L3 acquisition: Investigating the roles of dominance, recency, and property Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism 16:2, pp. 141–170 | Article
In recent years, there has been considerable research into the factors contributing to cross-linguistic influence in the acquisition of a third language. Much of the focus has been on linguistic cues, with less emphasis (and conflicting results) on experiential factors, such as the role of… read more
2026 Bidirectional interactions between L1 and L2 gender systems: A visual world eye-tracking study with Polish–German bilinguals Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism: Online-First Articles | Article
Research on grammatical gender in bilinguals has mostly examined L1 effects on L2, with less focus on reverse influence or individual differences. Using visual world eye-tracking, we tested bidirectional interactions between Polish (L1) and German (L2) gender in 57 late unbalanced Polish–German… read more
2025 How syntactic gradience in L1 affects L3 acquisition: A longitudinal study Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism 15:3, pp. 275–310 | Article
The article reports on a longitudinal study of syntactic cross-linguistic influence (CLI) among L1 Polish learners of L2 English and L3 Norwegian. The study mainly aimed to determine the influence of gradience in L1 on third language acquisition. To this end, four syntactic properties were… read more