Gender agreement in L3 Spanish production among speakers of typologically different languages

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• dc.contributor.author Tararova, Olga
• dc.contributor.author Black, Martha
• dc.contributor.author Wang, Qiyao
• dc.contributor.author Blong, Katrina
• dc.date.accessioned 2023-04-20T06:16:42Z
• dc.date.available 2023-04-20T06:16:42Z
• dc.date.issued 2023
• dc.description.abstract Grammatical gender presents persistent difficulty for adult learners of Spanish in L2 acquisition; however, there is a literature gap in L3 acquisition of gender, specifically of typologically different languages. In this project, we investigate the acquisition of Spanish gender agreement by Russian (L1)/Mandarin (L1)-English (L2) speakers of Spanish (L3) and compare the findings with English(L1) speakers of Spanish (L2). Studying these languages is particularly interesting because some exhibit an explicit gender system (Spanish and Russian) while others do not (English and Mandarin). In order to examine the effect of L1/L2 influence of these languages on L3 Spanish acquisition, 55 participants completed two tasks: a picture identification task and a grammaticality judgement task. Results indicate that advanced learners of Spanish of all L1 backgrounds performed at or near ceiling. All beginner learners performed better with canonically marked masculine nouns than noncanonical feminine nouns, thus corroborating previous findings. Regarding L1 influence, Russian participants outperformed the other two groups, especially in Task 1 (Picture Identification), thereby indicating that they may be transferring to some degree the grammatical gender system of their L1. Overall, this research provides evidence that multiple factors, including structural typology and L3 proficiency level, play a role in L3 acquisition.
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• dc.identifier.citation Tararova O, Black M, Wang Q, Blong K. Gender agreement in L3 Spanish production among speakers of typologically different languages. Languages. 2023;8(1):18. DOI: 10.3390/languages8010018
• dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/languages8010018
• dc.identifier.issn 2226-471X
• dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/56516
• dc.language.iso eng
• dc.publisher MDPI
• dc.relation.ispartof Languages. 2023;8(1):18.
• dc.rights © 2023 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by/ 4.0/).
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• dc.rights.uri http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• dc.subject.keyword L3 acquisition
• dc.subject.keyword Russian
• dc.subject.keyword Mandarin
• dc.subject.keyword grammatical gender
• dc.subject.keyword transfer
• dc.title Gender agreement in L3 Spanish production among speakers of typologically different languages
• dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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