Understanding Second Language Processing: A Focus on Processability Theory

Dyson, Bronwen Patricia/ Håkansson, Gisela

ISBN 10: 9027243751 / ISBN 13: 9789027243751

Published by John Benjamins Pub Co, 2017

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220 pages. 9.50x6.50x0.75 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Understanding Second Language Processing: A Focus on Processability Theory
• Publisher: John Benjamins Pub Co
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9027243751
• ISBN 13: 9789027243751
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.54 kilograms

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Synopsis

This book aims to help researchers and teachers interested in language processing and Processability Theory (PT) to understand this theory and its applications. PT is an influential account of second language processing which hypothesizes that, due to the architecture of language processing, learners acquire second languages in developmental stages. This book lays out PT’s predictions and research on the development of diverse target languages – particularly English and Scandinavian languages – by learners of various categories. It discusses the typological issues facing PT and its contribution to an understanding of variation and cognitive constraints on pedagogy. However, the book also raises a critical eye to the literature which, after almost twenty years of evolution, requires explanation, clarification and, in some cases, extension. Why do some phenomena belong to different stages in different languages? Why are important types of variation under-represented? Is teaching as constrained as proposed in PT?