This volume is a valuable resource for the study of multilingual acquisition. It provides an insight into the different roles and effects of prior languages in L3 acquisition in a proactive multilingual adult learner, the use of language switches and hypothetical word construction as learning strategies, while underlining the significance of perceived crosslinguistic similarity. [...] Finally, the book succeeds in ... Read moreshowing that any model of human speech production should proceed from a multilingual perspective, taking into account speakers' different language modes.
Ron Peek, Birkbeck, University of London. Birkbeck Studies in Applied Linguistics Each of the chapters in this book has has been pivotal in the development of the study of third language acquisition and multilingualism at both the theoretical and methodological levels, which makes it essential reading in the field! This volume is of great value for those in the field of L3 acquisition and multilingualism, since it recapitulates the history of Hammarberg's central proposals at the methodological and conceptual levels. It also brings together a number of articles that may not be easy for the young academic to locate, and offers the research community the complete picture of a longitudinal study that has become a point of reference for new and experienced scholars.
Patricia Bayona, University of Western Ontario Canadian Journal of Linguistics An extremely engaging book! While I might take a different line with respect to the authors' interpretation of some of the findings, one of the principal virtues of the volume is precisely that it does put before us - contextualized with admirable clarity - a great wealth of findings, about which every reader can then come to his/her own conclusions. Another virtue is the range of areas which the volume visits - from accent to language switching, from help elicitation to attempts at lexical coinages. A third merit is the fact that the book assembles an impressive body of evidence and argumentation relating to one particular, highly fascinating, multilingual case study. For anyone with an interest in L3 acquisition and/or cross-linguistic influence, such a combination is, and deserves to be, an irresistible cocktail.
David Singleton, Trinity College Dublin Applied Linguistics This volume is a valuable resource for the study of multilingual acquisition. It provides an insight into the different roles and effects of prior languages in L3 acquisition in a proactive multilingual adult learner, the use of language switches and hypothetical word construction as learning strategies, while underlining the significance of perceived crosslinguistic similarity. [...] Finally, the book succeeds in showing that any model of human speech production should proceed from a multilingual perspective, taking into account speakers' different language modes. Each of the chapters in this book has has been pivotal in the development of the study of third language acquisition and multilingualism at both the theoretical and methodological levels, which makes it essential reading in the field! This volume is of great value for those in the field of L3 acquisition and multilingualism, since it recapitulates the history of Hammarberg's central proposals at the methodological and conceptual levels. It also brings together a number of articles that may not be easy for the young academic to locate, and offers the research community the complete picture of a longitudinal study that has become a point of reference for new and experienced scholars. An extremely engaging book! While I might take a different line with respect to the authors' interpretation of some of the findings, one of the principal virtues of the volume is precisely that it does put before us - contextualized with admirable clarity - a great wealth of findings, about which every reader can then come to his/her own conclusions. Another virtue is the range of areas which the volume visits - from accent to language switching, from help elicitation to attempts at lexical coinages. A third merit is the fact that the book assembles an impressive body of evidence and argumentation relating to one particular, highly fascinating, multilingual case study. For anyone with an interest in L3 acquisition and/or cross-linguistic influence, such a combination is, and deserves to be, an irresistible cocktail. Show Less