Processability theory : explaining developmental sequences
Författare
Redaktör
- Maria del Pilar Garcia Mayo
- Maria Junkal Gutierrez Mangado
- Maria Martinez Adrian
Summary, in English
This chapter presents a psycholinguistic account of the developmental sequences found in second language acquisition (SLA). Building on Levelt’s (1989) model of speech production, Processability Theory (PT: Pienemann 1998, 2005) proposes that the order in which morpho-syntactic structures are acquired will be controlled by the processing requirements of those structures. The cross- linguistic validity of PT will be illustrated by the analysis of learner data in
some typologically diverse languages. The findings show that the hierarchical sequence of processing procedures is similar across languages, if the emergence criterion is used, and also that the influence of any previously acquired language is constrained by the processability of the structures. The implications of these findings for SLA research and profiling will be discussed.
some typologically diverse languages. The findings show that the hierarchical sequence of processing procedures is similar across languages, if the emergence criterion is used, and also that the influence of any previously acquired language is constrained by the processability of the structures. The implications of these findings for SLA research and profiling will be discussed.
Avdelning/ar
Publiceringsår
2013
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
111-128
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
AILA Applied Linguistics Series
Volym
9
Dokumenttyp
Del av eller Kapitel i bok
Förlag
John Benjamins Publishing Company
Ämne
- General Language Studies and Linguistics
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 1875-1113
- ISBN: 9789027272225
- ISBN: 9789027205254
- ISBN: 9789027205285