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An Analysis of Japanese University Students' Oral Performance in English Using Processability Theory
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Sakai, Hideki – System: An International Journal of Educational Technology and Applied Linguistics, 2008
This paper presents a brief summary of processability theory as proposed by [Pienemann, M., 1998a. "Language Processing and Second Language Development: Processability Theory." John Benjamins, Amsterdam; Pienemann, M., 1998b. "Developmental dynamics in L1 and L2 acquisition: processability theory and generative entrenchment." "Bilingualism:…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Second Language Learning, Language Processing, Word Order
Learnability and Parametric Change in the Nominal System of L2 French
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Anderson, Bruce – Language Acquisition: A Journal of Developmental Linguistics, 2007
In this article I provide evidence that despite frequently cited differences between child first language (L1) and adult second language (L2) speakers in overt behavior (performance) during grammatical development, the nature, source, and limits of implicit knowledge (competence) in native and second language grammars are equivalent (i.e., they…
Descriptors: Epistemology, Syntax, Nouns, French
Investigating the Acquisition of the Split-IP Parameter and the V2 Parameter in Second Language Afrikaans
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Conradie, Simone – Second Language Research, 2006
Researchers who assume that Universal Grammar (UG) plays a role in second language (L2) acquisition are still debating whether L2 learners have access to UG in its entirety (the Full Access hypothesis; e.g. Schwartz and Sprouse, 1994; 1996; White, 1989; 2003) or only to those aspects of UG that are instantiated in their first language (L1) grammar…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Language Universals, Indo European Languages, Native Speakers