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Jackson, Carrie N. – System: An International Journal of Educational Technology and Applied Linguistics, 2008
This study investigates how L2 learners of German (English L1) process structural and semantic information when reading German sentences. In a timed comprehension task, intermediate and advanced L2 learners of German read sentences that varied according to word order (subject-first versus object-first) and subject animacy (inanimate subject versus…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Sentences, Semantics, Word Order
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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