Processability approaches to second language development and second language learning / edited by Jorg-U. Kessler.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Kessler, Jörg-U.

Conference Name:

International Symposium on Processability, Second Language Acquisition and Bilingualism (6th : 2006 : University of Malta)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Second language acquisition.

Psycholinguistics.

Genre:

Libros electrónicos.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (319 p.)

Place of Publication:

Newcastle, U.K. : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2008.

Newcastle, UK : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A fundamental issue in second language acquisition research and in applied linguistics is the question of how learners acquire a second language. Today it is general knowledge that any second language learning follows certain, theoretically established and empirically supported developmental sequences. Based on Processability Theory (Pienemann 1998 and 2005) one can diagnose current states of individual learners' second language development. Knowing about the path of second language developme...

Contents:

CONTENTS; ABOUT THIS BOOK; PART I; A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO PROCESSABILITY THEORY; LEXICAL FUNCTIONAL GRAMMAR; PROCESSABILITY ASPECTS OF SECOND LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT AND SECOND LANGUAGE LEARNING; PART II; LANGUAGE TYPOLOGY AND PROCESSABILITY THEORY; ADVERB-PLACEMENT AND WH-QUESTIONS IN THE L2 CHINESE OF ENGLISH SPEAKERS; PRODUCTION OF WRITTEN L2-SWEDISH -PROCESSABILITY OR INPUT FREQUENCIES?; PART III; PROFILING ORAL SECOND LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; FOCUS-ON-FORM AND DEVELOPMENT IN L2 LEARNING; TEACHABILITY AND LEARNABILITY; PART IV; THE EARLY SYNTACTIC DEVELOPMENT IN CHILD L2 ACQUISITION

THE DEVELOPMENT OF VERBAL STRUCTURES IN L2 ARABICAPPENDIX; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX

Notes:

Descripción basada en metadatos suministrados por el editor y otras fuentes.

"Many of the chapters covered in this book are based on papers presented at the 6th International Symposium on Processability, Second Language Acquisition and Bilingualism, University of Malta, September 2006"--P. 5.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-19278-7

9786612192784

1-4438-0918-7

OCLC:

434575206