In:Understanding Second Language Processing: A focus on Processability Theory
Bronwen Patricia Dyson and Gisela Håkansson
[Bilingual Processing and Acquisition 4] 2017
► pp. 79–103
Chapter 4The typological challenge in PT
Published online: 24 May 2017
https://doi.org/10.1075/bpa.4.c4
https://doi.org/10.1075/bpa.4.c4
Article outline
- 4.1Introduction
- 4.2Language classifications
- 4.2.1Language families
- 4.2.2Morphological typology
- 4.2.3Configurational and non-configurational languages
- 4.2.4Head- and dependent-marking
- 4.2.5External and internal structures
- 4.3The seventeen target languages analysed with the PT framework
- 4.3.1Examples of structures selected for PT analysis
- 4.4Pidgins and creoles through the PT lens
- 4.5PT and the typology of first languages
- 4.5.1Background languages in L2 learners of Swedish
- 4.5.2Backgound languages in L2 learners of Russian
- 4.5.3DMTH and typology of background languages
- 4.6Challenges for comparability
- 4.6.1At which stage are possessive structures placed?
- 4.6.2What counts as evidence of agreement?
- 4.6.3What counts as evidence for the subordination procedure?
- 4.6.4Data analyses
- 4.7Conclusion
