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Processability theory : explaining developmental sequences

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Author

Editor

  • 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.

Publishing year

2013

Language

English

Pages

111-128

Publication/Series

AILA Applied Linguistics Series

Volume

9

Document type

Book chapter

Publisher

John Benjamins Publishing Company

Topic

  • General Language Studies and Linguistics

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1875-1113
  • ISBN: 9789027272225
  • ISBN: 9789027205254
  • ISBN: 9789027205285