Table of contents
Part I.Teachability and learnability
Chapter 1.Research timeline. The role of instruction: Teachability and processability9
Chapter 2.How much English do children know before they are exposed to instruction? Applying Processability Theory to Receptive Grammar27
Chapter 3.Morpho-syntactic development in the input: A study of second language learning textbooks51
Chapter 4.Are speech and writing teachable? Re-examining developmental constraints on pedagogy71
Part II.Methods and assessment
Chapter 5.The elicitation of oral language production data: An exploration of the Elicited Imitation Task97
Chapter 6.Elicited imitation as a diagnostic tool of morpho-syntactic processing119
Chapter 7.Grammatical accuracy and complexity in a speaking proficiency test137
Part III.Cross-linguistic aspects of SLA
Chapter 8.Acquisition of nominal morphology in Norwegian L2 – Trends and tendencies163
Chapter 9.Interlingual versus intralingual tendencies in second language acquisition: Expressing motion events in English, Hungarian and Japanese183
Chapter 10.The acquisition of Turkish (genitive-)possessive structures by adult Norwegian learners205
Closing chapter: Opening new perspectives
Chapter 11.Heritage language development and the promise of Processability Theory237
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