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Second Language Research is an international peer-reviewed, quarterly journal, publishing original theory-driven research concerned with second language acquisition and second language performance. This includes both experimental studies and contributions aimed at exploring conceptual issues. In addition to providing a forum for investigators in the field of non-native language learning... View full journal description

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Linguistic distance and crosslinguistic influence in the L2 and L3 acquisition of morphosyntax

  • Theodora Alexopoulou
  • Kook-Hee Gil
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Selective cross-linguistic influence in L3 acquisition ab initio: An eye-tracking study

  • Anna Skałba
  • Sylwiusz Żychliński
  • Magdalena Wrembel
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Syntactic constraints on structural priming in L2 development: Effects of lexical overlap within and across structures

  • Holger Hopp
  • Duygu F. Şafak
  • Chantal van Dijk
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Timed vs. untimed lexicosemantic judgement task for measuring automatized phonological vocabulary knowledge

  • Kazuya Saito
  • Izumi Hosaka
  • Yui Suzukida
  • Kotaro Takizawa
  • Takumi Uchihara
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Complex dynamic systems theory as a foundation for process-oriented research on second language development

  • Marijn van Dijk
  • Wander Lowie
  • Nienke Smit
  • Marjolijn Verspoor
  • Paul van Geert
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From sounds to words: The relation between phonological and lexical processing of tone in L2 Mandarin

  • Wenyi Ling
  • Theres Grüter
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Revisiting Universal Grammar in L2 acquisition: Weak conformity and linguistic dissonance resolution

  • Takayuki Kimura
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L1, L2 and L3: Same or different?

  • Camilla Bardel
  • Ylva Falk
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Complex dynamic systems theory as a foundation for process-oriented research on second language development

  • Marijn van Dijk
  • Wander Lowie
  • Nienke Smit
  • Marjolijn Verspoor
  • Paul van Geert
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Cross-linguistic effects in grammatical gender assignment and predictive processing in L1 Greek, L1 Russian, and L1 Turkish speakers of Norwegian as a second language

  • Janne Bondi Johannessen
  • Björn Lundquist
  • Yulia Rodina
  • Eirik Tengesdal
  • Nina Hagen Kaldhol
  • Emel Türker
  • Valantis Fyndanis
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Cross-linguistic influence meets diminished input: A comparative study of heritage Russian in contact with Hebrew and English

  • Clara Fridman
  • Maria Polinsky
  • Natalia Meir
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Successful second language pronunciation learning is linked to domain-general auditory processing rather than music aptitude

Chaoqun Zheng, Kazuya Saito and Adam Tierney.

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