Browsing NTNU Open by Author "Jensen, Isabel Nadine"
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The Bottleneck Hypothesis in L2 acquisition: L1 Norwegian learners’ knowledge of syntax and morphology in L2 English
Jensen, Isabel Nadine; Slabakova, Roumyana; Westergaard, Marit; Lundquist, Bjørn (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)The Bottleneck Hypothesis (Slabakova, 2008, 2013) proposes that acquiring properties of the functional morphology is the most challenging part of learning a second language. In the experiment presented here, the predictions ... -
Crosslinguistic influence in L3 acquisition across linguistic modules
Jensen, Isabel Nadine; Mitrofanova, Natalia; Anderssen, Merete; Rodina, Yulia; Slabakova, Roumyana; Westergaard, Marit (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)In this study, we investigated crosslinguistic influence (CLI) at developmental stages of third language (L3) acquisition of English by Russian–Norwegian children (N = 31). We tested seven linguistic properties within three ... -
Syntax Matters: Exploring the Effect of Linguistic Similarity in Third Language Acquisition
Jensen, Isabel Nadine; Westergaard, Marit (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Over the last two decades, the question of to which linguistic cues learners pay attention when they decode a new language has been subject to controversy in the field of third language (L3) acquisition. In this article, ...