Date: 27-Jan-2006 From: Paul Peranteau <paulbenjamins.com> Subject: Cross-Linguistic Aspects of Processability Theory: Pienemann
Title: Cross-Linguistic Aspects of Processability Theory
Series Title: Studies in Bilingualism 30
Published: 2006
Publisher: John Benjamins
http://www.benjamins.com/
Editor: Manfred Pienemann, University of Newcastle upon Tyne
Hardback: ISBN: 9027241414 Pages: xiv, 303 Price: U.S. $ 138.00
Hardback: ISBN: 9027241414 Pages: xiv, 303 Price: Europe EURO 115.00
Abstract:
Seven years ago Manfred Pienemann proposed a novel psycholinguistic theory of language development, Processability Theory (PT). This volume examines the typological plausibility of PT. Focusing on the acquisition of Arabic, Chinese, and Japanese, the authors demonstrate the capacity of PT to make detailed and verifiable predictions about the developmental schedule for each language. This cross-linguistic perspective is also applied to the study of L1 transfer by comparing the impact of processability and typological proximity. The typological perspective is extended by including a comparison of different types of language acquisition. The architecture of PT is expanded by the addition of a second set of principles that contributes to the formal modeling of levels of processability, namely the mapping of argument-structure onto functional structure in lexical mapping theory. This step yields the inclusion of a range of additional phenomena in the processability hierarchy thus widening the scope of PT.
Table of contents
Abbreviations vii Preface ix-xiii
1. An introduction to Processability Theory Manfred Pienemann 1-60
2. Discussing PT Manfred Pienemann 61-83
3. Processability, typological distance and L1 transfer Manfred Pienemann, Bruno Di Biase, Satomi Kawaguchi and Gisela Håkansson 85-116
4. Agreement morphology in Arabic as a second language: Typological features and their processing implications Fethi Mansouri 117-153
5. Processing and formal instruction in the L2 acquisition of five Chinese grammatical morphemes Yanyin Zhang 155-177
6. Similarities and differences in L1 and L2 development. Opening up the perspective: including SLI Gisela Håkansson 179-197
7. Extending Processability Theory Manfred Pienemann, Bruno Di Biase and Satomi Kawaguchi 199-251
8. Argument structure and syntactic development in Japanese as a second language Satomi Kawaguchi 253-298
Subject index 299-303
Linguistic Field(s):
Language Acquisition
Linguistic Theories
Psycholinguistics
Typology
Subject Language(s): Arabic, Standard (arb)
Chinese, Mandarin (cmn)
Japanese (jpn)
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