TY - BOOK ID - 10001051 TI - Third language acquisition in adulthood AU - Cabrelli Amaro, Jennifer AU - Flynn, Suzanne AU - Rothman, Jason PY - 2012 VL - 46 SN - 09281533 SN - 9027241872 9789027241870 9781283895385 1283895382 9789027273031 9027273030 PB - Amsterdam Philadelphia John Benjamins DB - UniCat KW - Adult education. KW - Language acquisition. KW - Language and languages -- Study and teaching. KW - Language transfer (Language learning). KW - Multilingualism. KW - Multilingualism KW - Adult education KW - Language acquisition KW - Language and languages KW - Language transfer (Language learning) KW - Languages & Literatures KW - Philology & Linguistics KW - Study and teaching KW - Education KW - Study and teaching. KW - Bilingual Education. KW - Adults, Education of KW - Education of adults KW - Plurilingualism KW - Polyglottism KW - Transfer, Language (Language learning) KW - Foreign language study KW - Acquisition of language KW - Developmental linguistics KW - Developmental psycholinguistics KW - Language development in children KW - Psycholinguistics, Developmental KW - Acquisition KW - Continuing education KW - Open learning KW - Language and education KW - Language schools KW - Interpersonal communication in children KW - Psycholinguistics KW - Language and languages Study and teaching KW - Language and languages - Study and teaching UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:10001051 AB - 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 ER -