New Trends in Crosslinguistic Influence and Multilingualism Research

Gessica De Angelis works at the Centre for Language and Communication Studies, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland. Her research focuses on multilingualism, language education, and second/third language acquisition. Her publications include New Trends in Crosslinguistic Influence and Multilingualism Research (2011, co-edited with J-M. Dewaele) and Third or Additional Language Acquisition (2007).Jean-Marc Dewaele is Professor of Applied Linguistics and Multilingualism at Birkbeck, University of London. He has published widely on individual differences in Second Language Acquisition and Multilingualism. He is president of the European Second Language Association (2007-2011), Convenor of the AILA Research Network Multilingualism: Acquisition and Use (2005-2011) and Executive Committee member of the International Association of Multilingualism (2005-2011).

• IntroductionAgnieszka Otwinowska-Kasztelanic: Awareness and affordances. Multilinguals versus bilinguals and their perceptions of cognatesHåkan Ringbom: Perceived redundancy or cross-linguistic influence? What L3 learners’ material can tell us about the causes of errorsMariana Bono: Cross-linguistic interaction and metalinguistic awareness in Third Language AcquisitionAnna S.C. Cheung, Stephen Matthews & Wai Lan Tsang: Transfer from L3 German to L2 English in the domain of tense-aspectMartha Gibson and Britta Hufeisen: Perception of preposition errors in semantically correct versus erroneous contexts by multilingual advanced EFL learners: Measuring metalinguistic awarenessLaura Sanchez : ‘Luisa and Pedrito’s dog will the breakfast eat’: Interlanguage transfer and the role of the second language factorEva-Maria Wunder: Cross-linguistic influence in multilingual language acquisition: Phonology in Third or Additional Language Acquisition

This excellent volume provides additional scientific evidence about the role of the previously acquired languages in the study of crosslinguistic influence and multilingualism. The collection also contributes to the theoretical development of the field and should be of interest for all those working on language acquisition, bilingualism and multilingualism.