Age effects on self-perceived communicative competence and language choice among adult multilinguals
Dewaele, Jean-Marc (2009) Age effects on self-perceived communicative competence and language choice among adult multilinguals. Eurosla Yearbook 9 (1), pp. 245-268. ISSN 1568-1491.
Abstract
The present study focuses on the effects of age of acquisition (AoA) on dependent variables that have been traditionally overlooked in research on age effects: (1) self-perceived communicative competence in speaking, comprehending, reading and writing; (2) language choice for emotional speech in different situations; and (3) language choice for mental calculation and inner speech. We consider the effect of AoA on a large variety of L2s, L3s and L4s of 1,579 adult bi- and multilinguals. Data were collected through an on-line questionnaire (Dewaele and Pavlenko 2001-2003). Statistical analyses revealed very strong AoA effects on most of the dependent variables in the L2 and L3 of participants. However, these AoA effects were generally non-significant in their L4. The findings are discussed in relation to the current understanding of the research on age effects in Second Language Acquisition.
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| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| School: | Birkbeck Schools and Departments > School of Social Sciences, History and Philosophy > Applied Linguistics and Communication |
| Depositing User: | Administrator |
| Date Deposited: | 17 Dec 2010 15:13 |
| Last Modified: | 23 Jan 2017 16:00 |
| URI: | http://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/2681 |
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