Processability and language acquisition in the Asia-Pacific region / edited by Satomi Kawaguchi, Bruo Di Biase, YumikoYamaguchi.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

John Benjamins Publishing Company

Series:

Processability approaches to language acquisition research & teaching ; 9.

Processability approaches to language acquisition research & teaching ; 9

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Second language acquisition.

Language and languages--Study and teaching--Pacific Area.

Language and languages.

Psycholinguistics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (317 pages)

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2023]

Contents:

Intro

Processability and Language Acquisition in the Asia-Pacific Region

Editorial page

Title page

Copyright page

Table of contents

Acknowledgements

Chapter 1. Processability Theory, second language learning and teaching in the Asia-Pacific region

1.Introduction

2.Second/foreign language learning in Asia-Pacific region

2.1English language education

2.2Asian languages as L2

3.Theoretical background

3.1Original PT

3.2Contemporary PT

3.2.1Lexical mapping hypothesis

3.2.2The Topic Hypothesis and the Prominence Hypothesis

4.Contributions to this volume

5.Conclusion

References

Part 1. Asian languages as second languages

Chapter 2. Studies of Japanese as a second language and their contribution to Processability Theory

2.Early studies in JSL: Approaches & methods

3.Morphological and syntactic PT stages in Japanese L2

3.1Morphological stages

3.2Syntactic stages

The Prominence Hypothesis

The Lexical Mapping Hypothesis

4.Empirical studies in JSL

4.1Earlier studies

4.2Longitudinal studies

4.3Studies on bilingual first language acquisition

4.4Testing the generalisability of Japanese L2 stages in PT

4.5Causative structures

4.6Studies using learner corpora: Tense and aspect

4.7Experimental studies

5.PT applications to language assessment and language learning/teaching

5.1Application of PT to language assessment

5.2Evaluation of learner performance in chat-log using PT

5.3Designing a language learning mobile app LexiFunII based on PT

6.Conclusion: Issues, challenges and opportunities

References

Chapter 3. The development of lexical mapping in Chinese L2The mapping of multiple arguments, passive and causative structures

2.Literature review on the acquisition of Chinese

3.The Lexical Mapping Hypothesis and L2 Chinese syntax

3.1The Lexical Mapping Hypothesis

3.2L2 Chinese syntax

4.The study

4.1Informants and data collection

4.2Data analysis

5.Results and discussion

5.1Default mapping

Default mapping and additional arguments

5.2Nondefault mapping

6.Conclusion

Appendix A.

Appendix B.

Appendix C.

Chapter 4. Extending PT to split ergative marking and differential object markingSome hypotheses for L2 Hindi

2.PT on L2 case acquisition

3.Hindi case marking

4.L2 acquisition of Hindi case marking

5.Developmental hypotheses on split ergativity and DOM in L2 Hindi

Chapter 5. Acquiring content questions in Japanese child second language

2.Content questions in English and Japanese

3.The acquisition of content questions

3.1Acquisition of content question in L1

3.2Acquisition of content questions in L2

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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