Comparing levels of processability across languages

Manfred Pienemann; Jörg U. Keßler; Yuki Itani-Adams

doi:10.1177/1367006910380037

Comparing levels of processability across languages

Manfred Pienemann^*
, Jörg U. Keßler
, Yuki Itani-Adams

^*Corresponding author for this work

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	128-146
Number of pages	19
Journal	International Journal of Bilingualism
Volume	15
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/1367006910380037
Publication status	Published - Jun 2011
Externally published	Yes

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