Widening Contexts for Processability Theory

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Lenzing Anke Lenzing(Editor)

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Intro
Widening Contexts for Processability Theory
Editorial page
Title page
Copyright page
Table of contents
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1. Contextualising issues in Processability Theory
References
Section 1. Language production and comprehension processes
Chapter 2. Towards an integrated model of grammatical encoding and decoding in SLA
1. Introduction
2. A Shared Grammatical Workspace in language processing
3. The perspective on SLA - Processability Theory & the Multiple Constraints Hypothesis
4. An integrated perspective on encoding and decoding in SLA
5. The acquisition of the passive in comprehension and production
5.1 The passive in LFG and PT
5.2 Minimal requirements in production and comprehension
6. The study - Research design and results
6.1 Tasks for data elicitation
6.2 Data analysis
6.3 Results
7. Conclusion
References
Chapter 3. Productive and receptive processes in PT
1. Introduction
2. The current study
3. The procedural skills hypothesis
4. The current study
4.1 Participants
4.2 Oral interview
4.3 Self-paced reading task
4.4 Implicational scaling
5. Results
5.1 Group scores on self-paced reading
5.2 Implicational scaling results
5.3 Production versus comprehension: Individual results
6. Discussion
7. Conclusion
Acknowledgements
References
Chapter 4. Is morpho-syntactic decoding governed by Processability Theory?
1. Introduction
2. Processability Theory: Basic mechanisms
3. PT and grammar decoding: The psycholinguistic plausibility of mirrored processors
4. PT, methodology and receptive grammar tasks
4.1 Methodological challenges
4.2 Receptive grammar instruments and PT
4.3 Previous research
5. Design and methodology
5.1 Participants
5.2 Instrument
5.3 Administration procedure
5.4 Scoring and analysis
5.5 Results
6. Discussion
7. Conclusion
Acknowledgments
References
Section 2. Language acquisition features across typological boundaries
Chapter 5. Case within the phrasal procedure stage: Sequences of acquisition in Russian L2
1. Introduction
2. Case in Russian
3. Studies of acquisition of case
4. Developmental hypothesis
5. The study
5.1 Methodology
5.2 Data analysis
6. Conclusion
References
A. Appendix
Chapter 6. Developing morpho-syntax in non-configurational languages: A comparison between Russian L2 and Italian L2
1. Introduction
2. Marked word orders in Russian and Italian
3. The developmental hypotheses
4. Empirical evidence
5. Conclusion
References
Section 3. Language use and developmental trajectories
Chapter 7. Using the Multiplicity framework to reposition and reframe the Hypothesis Space
1. Introduction: Processability Theory, Multiplicity and variation
2. Sociolinguistic issues and PT: A historical account
3. The Multiplicity framework of the communicative repertoire
3.1 Introducing Multiplicity
3.2 Multiplicity and acquisition
4. Existential constructions
5. The Multiplicity Framework applied to the acquisition of 'there' existentials
6. The potential of an expanded view of Hypothesis Space
References
Chapter 8. Processability theory as a tool in the study of a heritage speaker of Norwegian
1. Introduction
2. The speaker and the community
3. Lars' language
4. The input
5. Lars' language and PT stages
5.1 Stage 2: Inflection
5.2 Stage 3: Phrasal information exchange
5.3 Stage 4: Interphrasal information exchange
5.4 Stage 5: Distinguishing main and subordinate clauses
6. Language attrition or incomplete acquisition: Discussion and conclusion
References
Chapter 9. Discourse-pragmatic conditions for Object topicalisation structures in early L2 Chinese
1. Introduction
2. Chinese Object topicalisation structures
3. The studies: Informants, data collection and data analysis
4. Results
4.1 The processing factor in Object topicalisation
4.2 Discourse-pragmatic conditions for Object topicalisation
5. Discussion
6. Conclusion
Acknowledgement
References
Chapter 10. Modelling relative clauses in Processability Theory and Lexical-Functional Grammar
1. Introduction
2. Relative clauses
2.1 Relative clauses in LFG
2.2 RCs in Processability Theory
3. Classification of RCs
3.1 Inter-clausal information exchange
3.2 Syntax and phrase structure rules
4. Differences in mapping processes
4.1 The NPhead as subj of the matrix clause
4.2 Processing of the NPhead as subj vs. obj of the matrix clause
5. Future research
6. Summary and conclusion
References
Chapter 11. Early development and relative clause constructions in English as a second language: A longitudinal study
1. Introduction
2. Major theoretical approaches to relative clause acquisition
2.1 Emergentism and Usage-based approaches
2.2 The Noun Phrase Accessibility Hierarchy (NPAH)
2.3 Perceptual Difficulty Hypothesis (PDH)
2.4 SO Hierarchy Hypothesis (SOHH)
3. Morpho-syntactic development in Processability Theory
4. The study
4.1 Research question
4.2 The informant and the data
4.3 Analysis
5. Results
5.1 Morphological development
5.2 Development of relative clause constructions
6. Discussion
6.1 Emergentism and Usage-based approaches
6.2 Testing the Noun Phrase Accessibility Hierarchy (NPAH)
6.3 Testing the Perceptual Difficulty Hypothesis (PDH)
6.4 Testing the SO Hierarchy Hypothesis (SOHH)
6.5 Acquisition of RC constructions and PT stages
7. Conclusion
Acknowledgements
References
Section 4. Language learning and teaching issues in relation to classroom and assessment contexts
Chapter 12. Exploiting the potential of tasks for targeted language learning in the EFL classroom
1. Introduction
2. A developmentally moderated approach to language teaching
3. A classroom study
3.1 Research design
3.2 The use of third person singular -s
3.3 Illustrating the task-based interaction of learners
4. Conclusion
References
Chapter 13. Teaching the German case system: A comparison of two approaches to the study of learner readiness
1. Introduction
2. Individual learner readiness in SLA
3. The acquisition of the German case system
4. The study
4.1 Design and participants
4.2 Instruction
4.3 Data elicitation
4.4 Readiness
4.5 Analysis and scoring
5. Results
5.1 Accuracy analysis
5.2 Emergence analysis
6. Discussion and conclusion
References
Appendix
Chapter 14. Development of English question formation in the EFL context of China: Recasts or prompts?
1. Introduction
2. English question formation and PT
3. The role of CF in SLA
4. CF and English question formation
5. CF and L2 classroom learning
6. The present study
7. Methodology
7.1 Participants
7.2 Research design and procedures
7.3 Instruments for testing and treatment
7.4 Training the teacher
7.5 Operationalisation of recasts and prompts
7.6 Data analysis
7.7 Coding of the data
8. Results
8.1 Stage-5 questions
8.2 Target-like questions
9. Discussion
10. Conclusion
References
Chapter 15. Can print literacy impact upon learning to speak Standard Australian English?
1. Introduction
1.1 Background
1.2 Literacy and oral SLA/SDA
2. Method
2.1 Research site
2.2 Participants
2.3 Research design
3. Results
4. Discussion and implications
5. Conclusion
References
Appendix A. Spot-the-difference task
Appendix B. Individual analysis of linguistic changes presented in the recast, and participant rate of uptake
Chapter 16. The role of grammatical development in oral assessment
1. Introduction
2. Theoretical background
2.1 Processability hierarchy of Swedish
2.2 Communicative language ability
2.3 Aim of the study and research questions
3. Design of the study
3.1 The oral test
3.2 The test-takers
3.3 Methodology
4. Results
5. Discussion of the results
6. Conclusion
References
Chapter 17. How does PT's view of acquisition relate to the challenge of widening perspectives on SLA?
PT and emergence
PT and the data underpinning the emergence criterion
Emergence and mastery
Emergence is embedded in other processes
What does acquisition look like for variational features?
Where to now?
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