Cross-Linguistic Aspects of Processability Theory
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Seven years ago Manfred Pienemann proposed a novel psycholinguistic theory of language development, Processability Theory (PT). This volume examines the typological plausibility of PT. Focusing on the acquisition of Arabic, Chinese and Japanese the authors demonstrate the capacity of PT to make detailed and verifiable predictions about the developmental schedule for each language. This cross-linguistic perspective is also applied to the study of L1 transfer by comparing the impact of processability and typological proximity. The typological perspective is extended by including a comparison of different types of language acquisition. The architecture of PT is expanded by the addition of a second set of principles that contributes to the formal modeling of levels of processability, namely the mapping of argument-structure onto functional structure in lexical mapping theory. This step yields the inclusion of a range of additional phenomena in the processability hierarchy thus widening the scope of PT.
[Studies in Bilingualism, 30] 2005. xiv, 303 pp.
Publishing status: Available
© John Benjamins Publishing Company
Table of Contents
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Abbreviations | p. vii
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Preface | pp. ix–xiii
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1. An introduction to Processability TheoryManfred Pienemann | pp. 1–60
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2. Discussing PTManfred Pienemann | pp. 61–83
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3. Processability, typological distance and L1 transferManfred Pienemann, Bruno Di Biase, Satomi Kawaguchi and Gisela Håkansson | pp. 85–116
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4. Agreement morphology in Arabic as a second language: Typological features and their processing implicationsFethi Mansouri | pp. 117–153
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5. Processing and formal instruction in the L2 acquisition of five Chinese grammatical morphemesYanyin Zhang | pp. 155–177
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6. Similarities and differences in L1 and L2 development. Opening up the perspective: including SLIGisela Håkansson | pp. 179–197
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7. Extending Processability TheoryManfred Pienemann, Bruno Di Biase and Satomi Kawaguchi | pp. 199–251
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8. Argument structure and syntactic development in Japanese as a second languageSatomi Kawaguchi | pp. 253–298
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Subject index | pp. 299–303
“Cross-Linguistic Aspects of Processability Theory should prove a valuable read for anyone interested in language acquisition, particularly SLA, and most specifically with the acquisition of morphology and syntax. Pienemann and colleagues have presented very thought-provoking ideas for linguists and psychologists interested in language acquisition to ponder.”
Robert Felty, University of Michigan, on Linguist List Vol. 17-2294, 2006
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