In:Widening Contexts for Processability Theory: Theories and issues
Edited by Anke Lenzing, Howard Nicholas and Jana Roos
[Processability Approaches to Language Acquisition Research & Teaching 7] 2019
► pp. 391–398
Chapter 17How does PT’s view of acquisition relate to the challenge of widening perspectives on
SLA?
Published online: 28 November 2019
https://doi.org/10.1075/palart.7.17nic
https://doi.org/10.1075/palart.7.17nic
Article outline
- PT and emergence
- PT and the data underpinning the emergence criterion
- Emergence and mastery
- Emergence is embedded in other processes
- What does acquisition look like for variational features?
- Where to now?
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