LANGUAGE PROCESSING AND SECOND LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT PROCESSABILITY THEORY; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; Acknowledgements; Preface: A brief overview; Chapter 1. Explanatory issues in SLA; Chapter 2. Language processing and language acquisition; Chapter 3. Processing procedures and the development of grammar; Chapter 4. Empirical and theoretical issues in processability theory; Chapter 5. Cross-linguistic validity and on-line evidence; Chapter 6. Hypothesis space; Chapter 7. Epilogue; Notes; References; Author index; Subject index
Summary
This book marks a new development in the field of second language acquisition research. It explores the way in which language processing mechanisms shape the course of language development. Language Processing and Second Language Development thus adds one major psychological component to the search for a theory of second language acquisition. The core of the book is Pienemann's Processability Theory which spells out which second language forms are processable at which developmental stage. The theory is based on recent research into language processing and is formalised within Lexical-Functiona
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-358) and indexes
