Theoretical and Methodological Developments in Processability Theory
Published on 11. December 2015
Book
Hardback
273 pages
978-90-272-0304-5 (ISBN)
Description
This edited volume is devoted to expanding the theoretical basis of Processability Theory, a theory of second language development that combines insights in the way speakers generate language and store their language knowledge to predict, describe and explain developmental sequences (Pienemann 1998, 2005). The aim of the book is to provide a forum for new perspectives focusing on three intersections: (1) the interface between morpho-syntax and discourse/pragmatics/semantics, (2) constraints on processing and receptive processing and (3) developments in instructed second language learning. Each part also includes a response paper, in which the new perspectives, in terms of the theoretical challenges and/or the empirical results of the preceding chapters are discussed. This collection of articles and response papers will be very relevant to students and researchers interested in theoretical aspects of second language acquisition, and more specifically Processability Theory, and clearly indicates that the field is lively and open.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
+ index
Weight
645 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-272-0304-5 (9789027203045)
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Kristof Baten | Aafke Buyl | Katja Lochtman
Theoretical and Methodological Developments in Processability Theory
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Content
1. Acknowledgments; 2. Chapter 1. Processability theory: Assessment of the current state and future perspectives (by Baten, Kristof); 3. Interface between Morpho-Syntax and Discourse/Pragmatics/Semantics; 4. Chapter 2. Processing Alignments: Semantic, Thematic and Structural Prominence in Samoan SLA (by Charters, Helen); 5. Chapter 3. The emergence of sentence Topic in a Topicprominent language: A descriptive study of L2 Chinese (by Zhang, Yanyin); 6. Chapter 4. The Acquisition of the Ergative Case in Hindi as a Foreign Language (by Baten, Kristof); 7. Chapter 5. Response Paper: Exploring the Interface between Morpho-Syntax and Discourse/Pragmatics/Semantics (by Lenzing, Anke); 8. Constraints on Processing and Receptive Processing; 9. Chapter 6. Constraints on Processing: L1 Transfer and the L2 Initial Mental Grammatical System (by Lenzing, Anke); 10. Chapter 7. Studying Receptive Grammar Acquisition within a PT Framework: A Methodological Exploration (by Buyl, Aafke); 11. Chapter 8. Response Paper: Exploring new Grounds - Turning the PT Kaleidoscope (by Hakansson, Gisela); 12. Developments in Instructed Second Language Learning; 13. Chapter 9. PT meets CA: Second Language Research at the Crossroads (by Kessler, Jorg-U.); 14. Chapter 10. Instructing Stages of Processability Theory in L2 Spanish: Next or Next + 1? (by Bonilla, Carrie L.); 14. Index; 15. Chapter 11. Implications of the Developmental Stages of Language Acquisition for Classroom Teaching (by Doman, Evelyn); 16. Chapter 12. Response Paper: Language Teaching and Learning from a PT Perspective (by Roos, Jana)