The Development of the Grammatical System in Early Second Language Acquisition

The Multiple Constraints Hypothesis

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Anke Lenzing | University of Paderborn
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Shortlisted for the Christopher Brumfit Award in Applied Linguistics.

The Development of the Grammatical System in Early Second Language Acquisition focuses on the acquisition process of early L2 learners. It is based on the following key hypothesis: the initial mental grammatical system of L2 learners is constrained semantically, syntactically and mnemonically. This hypothesis is formalised as the Multiple Constraints Hypothesis. The empirical test of the Multiple Constraints Hypothesis is based on a large database including cross-sectional and longitudinal data from square-one ESL beginners. The study demonstrates that the postulated constraints are relaxed successively as learning progresses. The book is intended for postgraduate students as well as SLA researchers.

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“This book is a valuable contribution to psycholinguistic research. It adds to second language acquisition research in both theoretical and practical aspects of early second language development.”
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Baten, Kristof, Aafke Buyl, Katja Lochtman & Mieke Van Herreweghe
2015. Chapter 1. Processability theory. In Theoretical and Methodological Developments in Processability Theory [Processability Approaches to Language Acquisition Research & Teaching, 4],  pp. 1 ff. DOI logo
Baten, Kristof & Aaricia Ponnet
2023. Chapter 4. Extending PT to split ergative marking and differential object marking. In Processability and Language Acquisition in the Asia-Pacific Region [Processability Approaches to Language Acquisition Research & Teaching, 9],  pp. 91 ff. DOI logo
Becker, Carmen & Jana Roos
2016. An approach to creative speaking activities in the young learners’ classroom. Education Inquiry 7:1  pp. 27613 ff. DOI logo
Dyson, Bronwen, Gisela Håkansson & Kirrie J. Ballard
2022. A Developmental Approach to Assessing and Treating Agrammatic Aphasia. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology 31:3  pp. 1188 ff. DOI logo
Dyson, Bronwen Patricia
2016. Variation, individual differences and second language processing. Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism 6:4  pp. 341 ff. DOI logo
Hagenfeld, Katharina
Hahl, Kaisa, Konsta Lehtovuori & Maija Pietarila
2024. Video research in language classrooms: activities and target language use in early language learning. Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research  pp. 1 ff. DOI logo
Hopp, Holger
2019. Cross-linguistic influence in the child third language acquisition of grammar: Sentence comprehension and production among Turkish-German and German learners of English. International Journal of Bilingualism 23:2  pp. 567 ff. DOI logo
Hopp, Holger, Teresa Kieseier, Markus Vogelbacher & Dieter Thoma
2018. L1 effects in the early L3 acquisition of vocabulary and grammar. In Foreign Language Education in Multilingual Classrooms [Hamburg Studies on Linguistic Diversity, 7],  pp. 305 ff. DOI logo
HOPP, HOLGER & DIETER THOMA
2021. Effects of Plurilingual Teaching on Grammatical Development in Early Foreign‐Language Learning. The Modern Language Journal 105:2  pp. 464 ff. DOI logo
Keßler, Jörg-U. & Götz Schwab
2015. Chapter 9. PT meets CA. In Theoretical and Methodological Developments in Processability Theory [Processability Approaches to Language Acquisition Research & Teaching, 4],  pp. 175 ff. DOI logo
Keßler, Jörg‐U & Anke Lenzing
2018. Grammar in Foreign and Second Language Classes. In The TESOL Encyclopedia of English Language Teaching,  pp. 1 ff. DOI logo
Keßler, Jörg‐U. & Anke Lenzing
2022. Grammar in Foreign and Second Language Classes. In The TESOL Encyclopedia of English Language Teaching,  pp. 1 ff. DOI logo
Lenzing, Anke
2015. Exploring Regularities and Dynamic Systems in L2 Development. Language Learning 65:1  pp. 89 ff. DOI logo
Lenzing, Anke
2015. Chapter 6. Constraints on Processing. In Theoretical and Methodological Developments in Processability Theory [Processability Approaches to Language Acquisition Research & Teaching, 4],  pp. 113 ff. DOI logo
Lenzing, Anke
Lenzing, Anke & Manfred Pienemann
2015. Chapter 5. Response Paper. In Theoretical and Methodological Developments in Processability Theory [Processability Approaches to Language Acquisition Research & Teaching, 4],  pp. 105 ff. DOI logo
Li, Ran & Louise M. Jansen
Nicholas, Howard, Manfred Pienemann & Anke Lenzing
2022. Teacher decision-making, dynamical systems and processability theory. Instructed Second Language Acquisition 6:2 DOI logo
París, Luis, Maria Alejandra Celi, Ángel Tabullo & Mahayana C. Godoy
2023. Not all English Resultative Constructions (ERCs) are equal: The acquisition of ERC by Spanish speakers. Language Acquisition 30:2  pp. 105 ff. DOI logo
Pienemann, Manfred
2015. An Outline of Processability Theory and Its Relationship to Other Approaches to SLA. Language Learning 65:1  pp. 123 ff. DOI logo
Roos, Jana
2016. Acquisition as a gradual process. In Developing, Modelling and Assessing Second Languages [Processability Approaches to Language Acquisition Research & Teaching, 5],  pp. 121 ff. DOI logo
Schmiderer, Katrin & Barbara Hinger
2023. L’INTERLINGUA PRODUTTIVA E RICETTIVA DI STUDENTI DI ITALIANO LS IN UN CONTESTO DI SCUOLA SECONDARIA AUSTRIACA. Italiano LinguaDue 15:2  pp. 43 ff. DOI logo
Son, Thanh Vi
2022.  Procedural and Declarative Knowledge: The Swedish and Vietnamese learners' acquisition of knowledge in English grammar, and Pedagogical Implications. International Journal of TESOL & Education 2:1  pp. 238 ff. DOI logo
Spinner, Patti & Sehoon Jung
2018. PRODUCTION AND COMPREHENSION IN PROCESSABILITY THEORY. Studies in Second Language Acquisition 40:2  pp. 295 ff. DOI logo
Yamaguchi, Yumiko & Hiroko Usami
2023. Chapter 11. Testing the validity of Processability Theory through a corpus-based analysis. In Processability and Language Acquisition in the Asia-Pacific Region [Processability Approaches to Language Acquisition Research & Teaching, 9],  pp. 280 ff. DOI logo

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Subjects

Main BIC Subject

CFDC: Language acquisition

Main BISAC Subject

LAN009000: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General
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