| Description |
1 online resource (232 p.) |
| Contents |
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Dedication -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 What is grammar? -- 1.3 What is acquisition? -- 1.4 Historical perspectives on second-language grammar development -- 1.5 The plan of the book -- 2. First-language and second-language interrelations -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Theoretical responses to contrastive analysis and error analysis -- 2.3 Questions explored -- 2.3.1 How are different stages of second-language acquisition determined? |
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2.3.2 What are the syntactic characteristics of different stages of second-language acquisition? -- 2.4 First-language influences: transfer -- 2.5 Questions explored -- 2.5.1 What is transferable and why? -- 2.5.2 How does first-language knowledge interact with the developing second-language knowledge at different stages of acquisition? -- 2.6 Conclusion -- 3. Universal Grammar -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Universal Grammar principles and parameters -- 3.3 Questions explored -- 3.3.1 Are Universal Grammar principles and parameters accessible in second-language acquisition? |
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3.3.2 What is the interaction between the first-language parameter setting and the second-language parameter setting? -- 3.3.3 What is the initial state of the second-language grammar in the second-language acquisition process? -- 3.3.4 What is the effect of positive and/or negative input on the resetting of Universal Grammar in second-language acquisition? -- 3.4 Conclusion -- 4. Typological universals -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 A typological approach to language universals -- 4.3 Typological universals and second-language acquisition -- 4.4 Questions explored in second-language acquisition |
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4.4.1 Do typological universal constraints play a role in second-language acquisition? -- 4.4.2 How does typological markedness affect the second-language acquisition process? -- 4.4.3 What is the effect of instruction on typological universals in second-language acquisition? -- 4.5 Conclusion -- 5. Processing approaches -- 5.1 Introduction to processing theories -- 5.1.2 Information processing -- 5.2 Input processing: the Input Processing Model and Processing Instruction -- 5.3 Questions explored: the Input Processing Model and Processing Instruction |
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5.3.1 How can instruction affect input processing and second-language acquisition? -- 5.4 Input processing: the Competition Model -- 5.5 Questions explored: the Competition Model -- 5.5.1 What types of strategies are used in sentence interpretation? -- 5.5.2 How do second-language learners use cue strategies in sentence interpretation? -- 5.6 Speech processing: the Multidimensional Model and Processability Theory -- 5.7 Questions explored: the Multidimensional Model and Processability Theory -- 5.7.1 What is the role of cognitive processing in determining developmental stages? |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
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5.7.2 What is the role of cognitive processing in natural versus instructed second-language acquisition? |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781000161489 |
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100016148X |
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