Do a Learner’s Background Languages Change with Increasing Exposure to L3? Comparing the Multilingual Phonological Development of Adolescents and Adults

The present study longitudinally explores regressive phonological cross-linguistic influence (CLI) in seven adolescents (aged 12–13) and seven adults (aged 21–39) by examining voice-onset time (VOT) of /p,t,k/ in their first, second, and third language (L1, L2, and L3, respectively). All participant...

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Main Author: Christina Nelson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-03-01
Series:Languages
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2226-471X/7/2/78