L3 Development After the Initial State

According to the (Westergaard et al., 2017), linguistic structure is the chief factor which conditions transfer on a basis in . The present study examined the predictions of this model in the L2 and L3 acquisition of by - and -speaking L2 and L3 learners. The structures of interest were and animate specific direct objects. Crucially, dative experiencer psych verbs from the piacere / gustar “like” class are similar in Italian and Spanish in that they cannot be passivized; these same verbs ha