cross-linguistic influence

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influence
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈɪn.flu.əns/us
/ˈɪn.flu.əns/
the power to have an effect on people or things, or a person or thing that is able to ...
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(Definition ofinfluencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcross-linguistic influence

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In this article, the issue ofcross-linguisticinfluencein second language acquisition is examined from a processing perspective.
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The overall picture, then, is thatcross-linguisticinfluenceis not found in the domain of subject realization.
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It provides a formal account of the linguistic mechanisms that operate in cases of syntacticcross-linguisticinfluence.
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Subject realization is one aspect of language that tends to differ markedly across languages and thus is ripe forcross-linguisticinfluence.
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A second possibility is thatcross-linguisticinfluencewill only be apparent for overt subject use.
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Rather, both language dominance and the properties of the target languages must be taken into account when predictingcross-linguisticinfluence.
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Cross-linguisticinfluenceon brain activation left caudate was.
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What is especially significant here is thatcross-linguisticinfluenceis not monolithic.
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Cross-linguisticinfluenceseems to occur at points of typological difference between the two languages depending on the speaker's language dominance.
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In other words, if both predictions are borne out, this would lend strong support to the idea that dominance alone cannot account forcross-linguisticinfluence.
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During the 1970s, when many second language researchers felt skeptical about grammatical transfer, morphology was sometimes pointed to as an area immune tocross-linguisticinfluence.
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None of the former three studies found evidence ofcross-linguisticinfluencein the relevant age range.
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There was no evidence ofcross-linguisticinfluence, however.
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Cross-linguisticinfluencemight also affect production of theme arguments.
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Again and again researchers have addressed the question of what constraints, if any, there are oncross-linguisticinfluence.
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Moreover, we find it important to emphasize thatcross-linguisticinfluenceis compatible with that of hypothesis formation in relation to elaborative simplification.
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For example,cross-linguisticinfluenceinvolving any free or bound morpheme technically qualifies as morphological transfer.
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Our findings also raise a number of questions on the issue ofcross-linguisticinfluence, and on the coordination of syntactic and pragmatic information from a developmental perspective.
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Cross-linguisticinfluencein the other direction is complex and multifaceted; it is manifested in all the subsystems of the language and in all language use domains.
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The formulation of the research question in terms of degrees of separation has recently opened up a new line of inquiry investigating the possibility ofcross-linguisticinfluencein bilingual development.
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