This paper explores differences in the syntactic complexity in English writing among college-
level writers with different first language (L1) backgrounds. We sampled 200 argumentative …

Despite the growing body of research on the complexity, accuracy, and fluency (CAF) in
second language writing, differences in CAF across ESL and EFL learner productions …

Norwegian allows filler-gap dependencies into embedded questions, which are islands for
filler-gap dependency formation in English. We ask whether there is evidence that …

Language transfer theory elucidates how first language (L1) knowledge and grammatical
features are applied in second language (L2) writing. Deaf and hard of hearing (d/hh) …

This article explores cross-linguistic influence and the relationship between surface structure
and underlying syntactic structure in L3 acquisition of verb placement in L1 Norwegian L2 …

Focusing on the much-debated question of transfer from previously learned languages in L3
acquisition, we investigate acquisition of finite verb placement in L3 German. Participants …

The present study investigated the acquisition of verb movement in L3 French by L1
speakers of Norwegian with English as their L2. To investigate the impact of previously …

In the field of Germanic linguistics, there has been a long-standing debate as to the question
of how to analyze sentences with verb second (V2) word order. In particular, the question …

This study explores parallels and differences in the comprehension of wh-questions and
relative clauses between early foreign-language (FL) learners and monolingual children …

The present study investigates current proposals that priming is a mechanism of cross-
linguistic influence (CLI) in bilinguals by aiming to boost CLI through priming. In two cross …