Some effects of cross-linguistic influence of Spanish as L2 on the perception and production of cognates in Portuguese as L3

Christine Guedri Giacalone (College of Saint Elizabeth, USA), Zachary F. Miller (United States Military Academy) INTRODUCTION When acquiring a new language a learner often searches for similarities from the first language (L1) to make connections with the second (L2) (Bley-Vroman, 1989). Transfer is not limited to acquisition of a second language and second language acquisition […]