Beschreibung
This book investigates adult L2 acquisition, the role of Universal Grammar, and possible cross-linguistic transfer in L2 acquisition. It investigates all the domains vulnerable to cross-linguistic interference in L2 Greek by L1 Russian adult speakers who all reside in the Republic of Cyprus.
Autorenportrait
Sviatlana Karpava is a Lecturer in Linguistics at the University of Central Lancashire, Cyprus. Her area of research is theoretical and applied linguistics, sociolinguistics, syntax and semantics, first and second language acquisition, bilingualism, multilingualism and dialect acquisition.
Inhalt
Contents: Adult second language acquisition – First language Russian speakers in Cyprus – Cross-linguistic interference – Role of Universal Grammar – Clitics – Determiners.
