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Input Processing and Processing Instruction: The acquisition of Italian and Modern Standard Arabic
Alessandro G. Benati
[Bilingual Processing and Acquisition 11] 2021
► pp. 3–18

Chapter 1
Input processing theory (with Khawlah Ahmed)

Article outline
  • 1.1Introduction
  • 1.2The input processing theory
  • 1.3The Primacy of Meaning Principle and its sub-principles
    • Content words
    • Lexical preference
    • Redundancy and meaningfulness
    • Resources
    • Location
  • 1.4The First Noun Principle and its subprinciples
    • Lexical semantics
    • Event probabilities
  • 1.5Conclusion
  • References
Published online: 8 September 2021
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https://doi.org/10.1075/bpa.11.c1
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