TY  - BOOK
AU  - Pienemann,Manfred
TI  - Language processing and second language development: processability theory 
T2  - Studies in bilingualism,
SN  - 1556195494
AV  - P118.2. P54 1998
U1  - 401.93 
PY  - 1998///]
CY  - Amsterdam, Philadelphia
PB  - J. Benjamins
KW  - Second language acquisition
KW  - Psycholinguistics
KW  - Grammar, Comparative and general
KW  - Interlanguage (Language learning)
N1  - Based on a paper presented at a workshop held in Washington, Sept. 1992; Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-358) and index; Acknowledgements --; Preface: A brief overview --; 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 --; 6.3; Teachability is constrained by processability --; 6.4; Effects of formal intervention on IL variation --; 6.5; Task variation: The steadiness hypothesis --; 6.6; Developmental dynamics and Generative Entrenchment --; 7; Epilogue --; Notes --; References --; Author index --; Subject Index
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