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Anastasia Sorokina; Raymond Mugno – Language Learning Journal, 2024
In L1 attrition research, it's recognized that a previously acquired language can transform under the influence of a newly acquired one. However, the precise L1-L2 relationship is intricate and warrants further study. Some research suggest that L2 mastery might reduce L1 proficiency, while others show that both languages can be maintained. Age of…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Language Acquisition, Native Language, Second Language Learning
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Jiang, Nan; Novokshanova, Eugenia; Masuda, Kyoko; Wang, Xin – Language Learning, 2011
The present study examined the proposal that the presence of a similar morpheme in the learner's first and second languages (L2) facilitates morphological development in the L2. Advanced Russian and Japanese speakers of English as a second language performed a self-paced reading task in which they read English sentences word by word for…
Descriptors: Morphology (Languages), Morphemes, Second Language Learning, Russian