Third language acquisition in adulthood
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Papers presented at the Obermann Center Summer Seminar "Third Language Acquisition: Developing a Research Base", held at the University of Iowa in conjunction with MIT in the summer of 2010.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Research on the phonological acquisition of a third language (L3) is still in its infancy; therefore, the present contribution is intended to further investigate the area by focusing on the phenomenon of foreign accentedness and the widely disputed sources of cross-linguistic influence in L3 phonology. The study employs the technique of perceptual judgement of a foreign accent in a third language. It aims to determine whether trilingual speakers of typologically unrelated languages (i.e. L1 Polish, L2 French and L3 English) have a tendency toward L1- or L2-accented speech in L3 performance and.

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