Essays about: "psychotypology"

Found 2 essays containing the word psychotypology.

1. 1. Conceptual Cross-Linguistic Influence: Exploring the L1 Lemma Mediation Hypothesis in L3 Vocabulary Acquisition

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Språk och språkvetenskap

   Author : Lari-Valtteri Suhonen; [2015]
   Keywords : Language acquisition; psychotypology; third language acquisition; bilingualism; cross-linguistic influence; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : An increasing number of students of various minority and immigrant backgrounds makes greater knowledge of the sources of cross-linguistic influence among bilingual students not only of theoretical value, but also beneficial for improving language teaching and instruction. The aim of this thesis has been to investigate conceptual cross-linguistic influence in functional bilinguals with a focus on investigating whether the context and frequency of the bilingual’s use of the two languages explain cross-linguistic influence towards an L3, and whether variation in acquisition could be explained by linguistic similarity, either factual or perceived. READ MORE

3. 2. A Comparative Study on Syntactic Transfer in L2 and L3 school-aged English learners in Sweden : The acquisition of the English existential expletive subject

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

   Author : Carles Fuster Sansalvador; [2014]
   Keywords : transfer; cross-linguistic; expletive; existential; there-construction; L1; L2; L3; L2-status; acquisition; foreign-language; SLA; second language; third language; micro-perspective; external supplier language; typology; psychotypology; transfer; tvärspråkligt; L1; L2; L3; tredjespråksinlärning; andraspråksinlärning; psykotypologi;

   Abstract : Various studies have indicated during the past decade that language transfer in L3 may not only stem from L1 but from L2 as well, and that it might sometimes even be stronger from L2, depending on certain factors that facilitate or inhibit transfer. This phenomenon of L2 as the main transfer source in L3 has often been referred to as the ”L2 status factor” (Hammarberg, 2001). READ MORE