Preface |
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Abbreviations |
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1 | (1) |
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1 | (6) |
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7 | (2) |
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1.4 Historical perspectives on second-language grammar development |
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9 | (5) |
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14 | (5) |
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2. First-language and second-language interrelations |
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19 | (29) |
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19 | (1) |
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2.2 Theoretical responses to contrastive analysis and error analysis |
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19 | (2) |
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21 | (19) |
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2.3.1 How are different stages of second-language acquisition determined? |
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21 | (4) |
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2.3.2 What are the syntactic characteristics of different stages of second-language acquisition? |
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25 | (15) |
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2.4 First-language influences: transfer |
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40 | (3) |
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43 | (3) |
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2.5.1 What is transferable and why? |
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43 | (2) |
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2.5.2 How does first-language knowledge interact with the developing second-language knowledge at different stages of acquisition? |
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45 | (1) |
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46 | (2) |
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48 | (31) |
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48 | (1) |
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3.2 Universal Grammar principles and parameters |
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49 | (12) |
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61 | (13) |
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3.3.1 Are Universal Grammar principles and parameters accessible in second-language acquisition? |
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61 | (7) |
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3.3.2 What is the interaction between the first-language parameter setting and the second-language parameter setting? |
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68 | (1) |
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3.3.3 What is the initial state of the second-language grammar in the second-language acquisition process? |
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69 | (3) |
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3.3.4 What is the effect of positive and/or negative input on the resetting of Universal Grammar in second-language acquisition? |
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72 | (2) |
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74 | (5) |
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4. Typological universals |
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79 | (20) |
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79 | (1) |
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4.2 A typological approach to language universals |
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80 | (3) |
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4.3 Typological universals and second-language acquisition |
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83 | (5) |
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4.4 Questions explored in second-language acquisition |
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88 | (9) |
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4.4.1 Do typological universal constraints play a role in second-language acquisition? |
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88 | (3) |
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4.4.2 How does typological markedness affect the second-language acquisition process? |
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91 | (4) |
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4.4.3 What is the effect of instruction on typological universals in second-language acquisition? |
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95 | (2) |
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97 | (2) |
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5.1 Introduction to processing theories |
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99 | (4) |
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5.1.2 Information processing |
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100 | (3) |
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5.2 Input processing: the Input Processing Model and Processing Instruction |
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103 | (3) |
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5.3 Questions explored: the Input Processing Model and Processing Instruction |
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106 | (3) |
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5.3.1 How can instruction affect input processing and second-language acquisition? |
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106 | (3) |
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5.4 Input processing: the Competition Model |
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109 | (3) |
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5.5 Questions explored: the Competition Model |
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112 | (7) |
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5.5.1 What types of strategies are used in sentence interpretation? |
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114 | (3) |
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5.5.2 How do second-language learners use cue strategies in sentence interpretation? |
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117 | (2) |
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5.6 Speech processing: the Multidimensional Model and Processability Theory |
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119 | (7) |
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5.7 Questions explored: the Multidimensional Model and Processability Theory |
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126 | (6) |
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5.7.1 What is the role of cognitive processing in determining developmental stages? |
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127 | (2) |
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5.7.2 What is the role of cognitive processing in natural versus instructed second-language acquisition? |
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129 | (1) |
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5.7.3 How do processing constraints affect non-native speakers differently from the way they do native speakers? |
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130 | (2) |
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132 | (7) |
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139 | (8) |
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6.1.2 Relational functionalism, ecological functionalism, and grammaticalization |
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145 | (2) |
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6.2 Functional approaches to second-language acquisition of grammar |
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147 | (2) |
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149 | (16) |
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6.3.1 What are the form-function relationships exhibited in interlanguage? |
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149 | (4) |
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6.3.2 What types of principles constrain the mapping of grammatical forms onto function in second-language grammatical development? |
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153 | (10) |
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6.3.3 How do first-language grammaticalizations influence the development of the second language? |
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163 | (2) |
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165 | (3) |
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7. Conclusions: an integrative perspective of second-language acquisition of grammar |
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168 | (22) |
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168 | (1) |
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168 | (9) |
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7.2.1 First-language and second-language interrelations |
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168 | (2) |
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170 | (2) |
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7.2.3 Typological universals |
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172 | (1) |
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7.2.4 Processing approaches |
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173 | (2) |
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7.2.5 Functional approaches |
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175 | (1) |
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7.2.6 Similarities and differences |
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176 | (1) |
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7.3 Comparative analysis of noun phrases: nouns, pronouns, zero anaphors, reflexives |
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177 | (4) |
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181 | (6) |
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181 | (3) |
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7.4.2 Teachers as decision-makers |
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184 | (3) |
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187 | (3) |
References |
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190 | (20) |
Author index |
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210 | (3) |
Language index |
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213 | (1) |
Subject index |
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