This collection is a welcome contribution to the dynamically developing field of third language acquisition, offering valuable insights from three complementary perspectives that involve modeling and researching L3 syntactic transfer as well as implementing the findings to the actual teaching practice.

- Magdalena Wrembel, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, Poland,

The editors compiled an innovate collection of high quality research by most prominent researchers and colleagues in the field. This comprehensive volume provides a welcome addition to the field of L3 acquisition not only because established researchers have joined their forces, but also because it provides insights both in fundamental theoretical issues as well as applications for language teaching. It makes a great contribution both for scholars as well as students interested in language acquisition research. I highly recommend this inspiring collection, which proves to be a masterly treatment of this highly debated and thus challenging topic.

- Jörg-U. Keßler, Ludwigsburg University of Education, Germany,

This book has two great merits. It examines and integrates different theoretical models of L3 acquisition, and it bridges the gap between research on L3 syntactic transfer and foreign language pedagogy by discussing practical implications of evidence provided in the existing L3 literature for instructed L3 acquisition.

- Thorsten Piske, Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany,