Essays about: "Processability Theory PT ."

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1. 6. Processing Dutch : A study on the acquisition of Dutch as a second language using Processability Theory as a framework

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Centrum för tvåspråkighetsforskning

   Author : Katrijn Gijswijt; [2014]
   Keywords : Processability Theory; second language acquisition; Dutch; transfer; emergence criterion; Processbarhetsteori; andraspråksinlärning; nederländska; transfer; emergence criterion;

   Abstract : An ongoing debate within the field of Second Language Acquisition (SLA) discusses the possibility of universal developmental stages in the interlanguage of second language learners. Processability Theory (PT) is one of the theories that enhances this way of thinking about second language acquisition. READ MORE

3. 7. "Last month, it was a snowstorm" - A Study of the Use of 'It' as a Dummy Subject by Swedish L2 Learners of English

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

   Author : Johanna Rosenberg; [2013]
   Keywords : Anticipatory it ; Prop it ; Existential propositions; Swedish L2 learners of English; Second Language Acquisition SLA ; Dummy Subjects; Existential there ; Processability Theory PT .; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : This study investigates whether Swedish students, at two different levels of study, are able to distinguish between ‘it’ and ‘there’ when using the two as dummy subjects. This particular feature was chosen since previous research (e.g. READ MORE

4. 8. Processing the L2 comprehension process: Testing Processability Theory’s predictions in an ERP study of adult learners of L2 Swedish

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Allmän språkvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Språk och språkvetenskap

   Author : Ariane Senécal; [2011]
   Keywords : Predicative Agreement; Attributive Agreement; Processability Theory; Second Language Acquisition; Neurolinguistics; Event-Related Potentials; Swedish as a Second Language; Linguistics; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : This small-scale experiment was a first attempt at testing the theoretical framework of Processability Theory (PT), a well-established theory of Second Language Acquisition (SLA), against data from online brain imaging technology (Electroencephalography – EEG). Event Related Potentials (ERPs) were extracted for 15 advanced beginners/intermediate-level learners of Swedish who were presented with grammatical and ungrammatical sentences, each containing one of two grammatical forms evaluated in PT as belonging to two different stages of acquisition (attributive number agreement vs. READ MORE