Language processing and second language development: processability theory

by Pienemann, Manfred

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Full title :Language processing and second language development : processability theory / Manfred Pienemann.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©1998.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):J. Benjamins
Place of Publication:Amsterdam
Language:eng
Publication Date:©1998.

Notes

Based on a paper presented at a workshop held in Washington, Sept. 1992.

The Physical Object

Description:xviii, 366 pages : : illustrations ; : 23 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:1556195494, 9781556195495, 902724121X, 9789027241214, 9027241295, 9789027241290, 1556199511, 9781556199516
oclc:ocm39042963
LC Classification:P118.2
Dewey Decimal:401/.93

1. Explanatory issues in SLA. 1.1. Introduction: The thematic focus. 1.2. Outline of the proposed theory. 1.3. Three competing approaches -- 2. Language processing and language acquisition. 2.1. Introduction: The wider context. 2.2. Explaining SLA through processing strategies. 2.3. Limitations of the strategies approach. 2.4. Grammatical encoding. 2.5. Processing procedures for the acquisition of L2 grammar -- 3. Processing procedures and the development of grammar. 3.1. Reasons for implementing processability into a theory of grammar. 3.2. A Sketch of Lexical-Functional Grammar. 3.3. Word order revisited. 3.4. Lexical, phrasal and inter-phrasal morphemes -- 4. Empirical and theoretical issues in processability theory. 4.1. A test case: German morphology. 4.2. Dynamic systems and acquisition criteria. 4.3. Form-function relationships and processability -- 5. Cross-linguistic validity and on-line evidence. 5.1. Typological plausibility. 5.2. English as L2. 5.3. Swedish as L2.

5.4. Application to Japanese. 5.5. Evidence from on-line experiments: the procedural skill hypothesis -- 6. Hypothesis space. 6.1. Introduction. 6.2. Interlanguage variation and the developmental problem. 6.…

Subjects

Cognitieve processen Fremdsprachenlernen Grammaire comparée et générale Grammar, Comparative and general Grammatica Interimsprache Interlanguage (Language learning) Interlangue (Apprentissage des langues) Langue seconde -- Acquisition psycholinguistics Psycholinguistik Psycholinguistique Second language acquisition Sprachverarbeitung Sprachverstehen Tweedetaalverwerving