The influence of typology and microvariation in L3: The case of the interplay of Cantonese, Mandarin and English in comparative constructions

这项研究考察了在第三语言文献中尚未被广泛研究的语言组合：广东话、普通话和英语。具体地说，将研究三种语言的比较结构，提供一个独特的平台来测试习得研究中的两个基础问题：基于类型学或语言相似性的迁移的方向性，以及刺激贫困的可学性问题。基于这些发现，我还希望讨论两种主要的二语假设的含义：类型优先模式(Rothman，2011)和语言接近模式(Westgaard等人，2017)。

This study examines language combinations that have not been widely studied within L3 literature: Cantonese, Mandarin and English. Specifically, the comparative structures in the three languages will be studied, offering a unique platform to test two underpinning questions on acquisition studies: the directionality of transfer based on typological or linguistic similarities, and the learnability problem by Poverty of Stimulus. With findings based on these, I also look to discuss the implications for two main kinds of L3 hypotheses: The Typological Primacy Model (Rothman, 2011) and The Linguistic Proximity Model (Westergaard et al., 2017).