Comparing levels of processability across languages

• Manfred Pienemann ^[1] ; Jörg-U. Keßler ^[2] ; Yuki Itani-Adams ^[3]
  1. [1] University of Paderborn

     University of Paderborn

     Kreis Paderborn, Alemania

     
  2. [2] Ludwigsburg University of Education

     Ludwigsburg University of Education

     Landkreis Ludwigsburg, Alemania

     
  3. [3] University of Western Sydney

     University of Western Sydney

     Australia

     

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• Localización: International Journal of Bilingualism: interdisciplinary studies of multilingual behaviour, ISSN 1367-0069, Vol. 15, Nº. 2, 2011 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Measurement of bilingual proficiency), págs. 128-146
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.1177/1367006910380037
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• Resumen

  • In this article we utilize a developmental perspective as a metric for the comparison of bilingual language ability. In particular, we utilize Processabilty Theory (Pienemann, 1998a, 2005) which provides a psycholinguistic metric for developmental schedules of any given language. We demonstrate this approach to the cross-linguistic measurement of language development on the basis of Itani-Adams’ (2007) study of bilingual (Japanese—English) first language acquisition.