Affiliation:
1. University of Victoria
Abstract
In third (L3A) research on , much of the emphasis of the existing acquisition models has been on the transfer of morphosyntactic , leaving phonology understudied. This chapter seeks to assess the empirical adequacy of two competing hypotheses of transfer and establish their potential value for future research: (FT) and (FTP). I review previous L3 phonological studies and examine how FT and FTP could explain the data patterns. My analyses suggest that FTP provides greater empirical coverage and more explanatory potential than FT. Though better in accounting for sources of L3 phonological transfer post facto and beyond the initial stage, may be limited concerning its core idea that “anything may transfer” (Westergaard, 2019).
Publisher
John Benjamins Publishing Company