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Understanding Second Language Processing: A focus on Processability Theory
Bronwen Patricia Dyson and Gisela Håkansson
[Bilingual Processing and Acquisition 4] 2017
► pp. 121–152

Chapter 6
Variation in second language processing

Article outline
  • 6.1Introduction
  • 6.2Origins: Learner variation in developmental stages
    • 6.2.1The principle of simplification
    • 6.2.2Variation in the Multidimensional Model
    • 6.2.3Variation in Pienemann’s early work
    • 6.2.4Variation in the Predictive Framework
  • 6.3Syntactic variation in Processability Theory
    • 6.3.1Hypothesis Space and syntactic conflicts
    • 6.3.2Responding to syntactic problems: The options and trailers of learner types
    • 6.3.3Research on PT’s hypothesis on syntactic variation
  • 6.4Morphological variation in Processability Theory
    • 6.4.1Hypothesis Space and morphological conflicts
    • 6.4.2Responding to morphological problems: Options and trailers of learner types
    • 6.4.3Research on PT’s hypothesis on morphological variation
  • 6.5Variation in developmental features
    • 6.5.1Variation in L2 English developmental features
    • 6.5.2Variation in other L2s’ developmental features
    • 6.5.3Other approaches to variation in developmental features
  • 6.6Conclusion
  • Notes
Published online: 24 May 2017
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