Table of contents
AcknowledgementsVII
Chapter 1.Processability Theory, second language learning and teaching in the Asia-Pacific region1
Part 1.Asian languages as second languages
Chapter 2.Studies of Japanese as a second language and their contribution to Processability Theory27
Chapter 3.The development of lexical mapping in Chinese L2: The mapping of multiple arguments, passive and causative structures63
Chapter 4.Extending PT to split ergative marking and differential object marking: Some hypotheses for L2 Hindi91
Chapter 5.Acquiring content questions in Japanese child second language115
Chapter 6.Japanese L2 corpora and SLA research144
Part 2.Bilingual first language acquisition and PT
Chapter 7.The bilingual development of plural marking in a Malay-English child165
Chapter 8.Development of Japanese and English polar questions in bilingual first language acquisition192
Part 3.English as Foreign Language (EFL) in Asia
Chapter 9.Developmentally moderated focus on form in an Indonesian kindergarten EFL programme231
Chapter 10.The acquisition of polar questions in Chinese learners of English as a Foreign Language: A processability approach258
Chapter 11.Testing the validity of Processability Theory through a corpus-based analysis: The acquisition of plural marking in English speaking and writing by Japanese native speakers280
About the authors301
Index305
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