36.294, Confs: Applied Linguistics; Language Acquisition; Psycholinguistics / France

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Subject: 36.294, Confs: Applied Linguistics; Language Acquisition; Psycholinguistics / France

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Date: 21-Jan-2025
From: José Aguilar [jose.aguilar at sorbonne-nouvelle.fr]
Subject: Acquisition, Processing and Use of an L3/Ln: Psycholinguistic, Linguistic and Pedagogical Perspectives

Acquisition, Processing and Use of an L3/Ln: Psycholinguistic,
Linguistic and Pedagogical Perspectives

Date: 07-Jul-2025 - 09-Jul-2025
Location: Paris, France
Meeting URL: https://real2-paris2025.sciencesconf.org/

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; Language Acquisition;
Psycholinguistics

Meeting Description:
Since 2018, the thematic network on Second Language Acquisition
(RéAL2) has been organizing a biennial conference for doctoral
students, researchers and academics whose work focuses on the
acquisition of second/foreign languages. After Montpellier (2018),
Toulouse (2021), and Mulhouse (2023), the fourth edition of the
international ReAL2 conference will be held at Sorbonne Nouvelle
University (Paris) from July 7 to 9, 2025 (in person only).
For this new edition, ReAL2 will focus on multilingual acquisition
(L3/Ln).
Organizing Committee
 - José Ignacio Aguilar Rio (Université Sorbonne Nouvelle, DILTEC)
 - Arnaud Arslangul (Inalco, CRLAO)
 - Sülün Aykurt (Université Paris Nanterre, ModyCo)
 - Annie-Claude Demagny (CNRS, SFL)
 - Sarra El Ayari (CNRS, SFL)
 - Cecilia Gunnarsson (Université de Toulouse, Octogone-Lordat)
 - Maria Kihlstedt (Université Paris Nanterre et DYLIS, Université de
Rouen)
 - Marina Krylyschin (Université Sorbonne Nouvelle, DILTEC)
 - Pascale Leclercq (Université de Montpellier, EMMA)
 - Rebekah Rast (American University of Paris, SFL)
 - Claire Saillard (Université Paris Cité, LLF)
 - Pascale Trévisiol (Université Sorbonne Nouvelle, DILTEC)
 - Marzena Watorek (Université Paris 8, SFL)
 - Cecilia Xinyue Yu (Inalco, CRLAO)
Call for paper available on the website :
https://real2-paris2025.sciencesconf.org
Plenary Speakers:
Jasone Cenoz (University of the Basque Country)
Jean-Marc Dewaele (Birkbeck, University of London)
Ulrike Jessner (University of Innsbruck)
Christina Lindqvist (University of Gothenburg)
Roumyana Slabakova (University of Southampton)
Since 2018, the thematic network on Second Language Acquisition
(RéAL2) has been organizing a biennial conference for doctoral
students, researchers and academics whose work focuses on the
acquisition of second/foreign languages. After Montpellier (2018),
Toulouse (2021), and Mulhouse (2023), the fourth edition of the
international ReAL2 conference will be held at Sorbonne Nouvelle
University (Paris) from July 7 to 9, 2025 (in person only).
For this new edition, ReAL2 will focus on multilingual acquisition
(L3/Ln). The acquisition of a third (L3) or additional language (Ln)
refers to the ongoing process of learning a new foreign language (FL)
after one or more first (L1) and second languages (L2). It involves
studying how an L3/Ln is learned, a process that may differ from L1
and L2 acquisition due to factors such as the linguistic background of
the learner, the status of previously acquired languages (native vs
non native), the linguistic competence in L2 and L3, the context of L3
acquisition, or the typological distance between the languages in
presence, real or as assessed by the learner according to his/her
psychotypology (Kellerman 1983) 1. The field of L3/Ln acquisition is
not new, but it has developed significantly in recent decades,
together with the multilingual perspective adopted in the CEFR (Common
European Framework of Reference for Languages). Multilingualism can
indeed be considered the default form of linguistic competence in most
contemporary societies (Hammarberg 2018). In line with the so-called
"multilingual turn" (May 2013, Conteh & Meier 2014) in language
learning and teaching, moving away from a monolingual bias - where the
native speaker is the sole criterion for evaluating an L2 learner -
can be beneficial for advancing the field of second/foreign language
acquisition (Cook 2012), by offering new perspectives on the concepts
of interlanguage, fossilization or linguistic competence.
In cognitive approaches to L3 acquisition, language contact at the
initial state is approached through different models in generativist
and functionalist works. Several studies (e.g. Cenoz, Hufeisen, and
Jessner 2001, 2003; Hammarberg 2001; Bardel & Falk 2007; Bono 2007;
Eibensteiner 2023; Vallerossa et al. 2023) highlight that
cross-linguistic influence tends to occur more often between the L2
and L3 than between the L1 and L3. For others, the L1 remains the
exclusive source of transfer (Hermas 2014 ; Sanz, Park & Lado 2015).
Some studies defend the idea that transfer can take place from one of
the source languages (L1 or L2) depending on its typological primacy,
with a facilitating effect (Rothman 2011), or even from both languages
(Flynn, Vinnitskaya & Foley, 2004). In the latter case, previous
language experiences may either enhance subsequent language
acquisition (priming effect) or remain neutral. As for Slabakova’s
scalpel model (2017), it suggests that the L1 and/or L2 cross-
linguistic influence operates selectively, property by property in the
processing of an L3, and is not necessarily facilitative.
Finally, beyond the issue of transfer, plurilingualism can also be
approached through the lens of dynamic systems theory (Jessner 2008)
to examine variability in the development of the plurilingual system.

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