Theoretical and methodological developments in processability theory / edited by Kristof Baten, Ghent University ; Aafke Buyl, Free University Brussels ; Katja Lochtman, Free University Brussels ; Mieke Van Herreweghe, Ghent University.

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Theoretical and Methodological Developments in Processability Theory; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Acknowledgments; Processability theory; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Theory evaluation; 1.3 The explanatory power of PT; 1.4 Developments within PT; 1.5 About this volume; PART I: Interface between Morpho-Syntax and Discourse/Pragmatics/Semantics; PART II: Constraints on Processing and Receptive Processing; PART III: Developments in Instructed Second Language Learning; References; Processing Alignments; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Topics, subjects and semantic prominence.

2.2.1 Topics2.2.2 Subjects and semantic vs syntactic prominence; 2.3 Developmental stages in Samoan SLA; 2.3.1 Initial NP is ɵ̂; 2.3.2 No sign of a subject; 2.3.3 ɵ̂ is not XP1; 2.3.4 Initial position, Topicality and ɵ̂; 2.4 Processing alignment; 2.4.1 LMT: Mapping semantic roles to grammatical functions; 2.4.2 Processing c-structural constraints; 2.5 Conclusions; References; The emergence of sentence Topic in a Topic-prominent language; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Topic-Comment in Chinese; 3.3 L2 acquisition of Chinese sentence Topic; 3.4 The study; 3.4.1 Informants and data collection

3.4.2 Findings3.5 Discussion; 3.6 Conclusion; Acknowledgement; References; The Acquisition of the Ergative Case in Hindi as a Foreign Language; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 The ergative case in Hindi; 4.3 The Ergative Case in Child Language Acquisition; 4.4 Processability Theory and Case Development; 4.5 Methodology; 4.6 Results; i The default nominative stage; ii The stage of overgeneralisation; iii The stage of functional case use; 4.7 Discussion; 4.8 Conclusion; References; Response Paper; References; Constraints on Processing; 6.1 Introduction.

6.2 The initial state in L2 acquisition -- the Multiple Constraints Hypothesis6.3 The role of L1 transfer at the L2 initial state; 6.3.1 The Developmentally Moderated Transfer Hypothesis; 6.3.2 The Developmentally Moderated Transfer Hypothesis: Empirical studies; 6.4 L1 transfer and the L2 initial mental grammatical system -- an empirical study; 6.4.1 Single words, Formulaic sequences & idiosyncratic structures; 6.4.1.1 Single words; 6.4.1.2 Formulaic sequences; 6.4.1.3 Idiosyncratic structures -- individual strategies; 6.4.2 L1 structures that are not transferred; 6.5 Conclusion.

AcknowledgementsReferences; Studying Receptive Grammar Acquisition within a PT Framework; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Processability Theory; 7.2.1 The Development of L2 English Morphology; 7.2.2 Data Elicitation and Analysis in PT; 7.3 Studying the applicability of PT to receptive grammar acquisition; 7.3.1 Methodological Challenges; 7.3.2 Receptive grammar instruments and PT; 7.3.3 Previous studies of receptive grammar acquisition within a PT framework; 7.3.4 The Present Study; 7.4 Method; 7.4.1 Participants; 7.4.2 Targeted Morphological Phenomena and PT; 7.4.3 Instrument & Procedure.

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