1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910968840203321

Titolo

Cross-linguistic aspects of processability theory / / edited by Manfred Pienemann

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia, : J.Benjamins Pub. Co., 2005

ISBN

9786612156205

9781282156203

1282156209

9789027293916

9027293910

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (318 p.)

Collana

Studies in bilingualism, , 0928-1533 ; ; v. 30

Altri autori (Persone)

PienemannManfred <1951->

Disciplina

401/.93

Soggetti

Interlanguage (Language learning)

Second language acquisition

Psycholinguistics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Cross-Linguistic Aspects of Processability Theory -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Table of contents -- Abbreviations -- Preface -- The focus of this book -- How to read this book -- Acknowledgements -- An introduction to Processability Theory -- 1. The interplay between language processing and language acquisition -- 1.1. The wider context -- 1.2. Key psychological factors in language processing -- 1.3. Incremental language generation -- 1.4. A hierarchy of processing resources -- 1.5. Exchange of grammatical information -- 1.6. Principles of processability -- 1.7. LFG and processability -- 1.8. A brief sketch of LFG -- 2. Second language development: ESL -- 3. Second language development: German as L2 -- 4. Comparing L1 and L2 acquisition -- 5. Developmental dynamics and generative entrenchment -- 6. Variation and processing constraints -- 7. Ultimate attainment and stabilisation -- Notes -- References -- Discussing PT -- 1. Typological plausibility -- 2. Feature unification and the case of perceptual salience -- 3. Competence and performance -- 4. A rough sketch of the development of PT ideas -- 5. The explanatory power of



PT -- Notes -- References -- Processability, typological distance  and L1 transfer -- 1. Competing theoretical approaches to L1 transfer -- 2. Processing constraints on L1 transfer -- 3. Typological proximity without an advantage -- 4. Typological proximity with an advantage -- 5. Typological distance without a disadvantage -- 6. Typological distance with an advantage -- 7. Summary and conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Agreement morphology in Arabic  as a second language -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Studies on Arabic SLA -- 3. An LFG approach to agreement marking in Arabic language -- 4. Agreement marking in Arabic -- 4.1. Phrasal agreement (agreement within constituent).

4.2. Inter-Phrasal Agreement (agreement across constituents) -- 4.3. The pro drop phenomenon in Arabic agreement marking -- 4.4. A typological account of inter-phrasal agreement patterns -- 4.5. A summary of inter-phrasal agreement structures in Arabic -- 5. PT and Arabic agreement marking -- 6. Predictions for Arabic SLA -- 7. Empirical evidence for the PT-generated predictions -- 7.1. Acquisition criteria and data analysis -- 7.2. Empirical findings -- 8. A processability perspective on the findings -- 9. Conclusion -- Key phonetic symbols -- Notes -- References -- Processing and formal instruction in the L2 acquisition of five Chinese grammatical morphemes -- 1. Chinese: A brief sketch -- 2. Grammatical description -- 2.1. Aspect markers -- 2.2. Classifier -- 2.3. Particle de -- 3. Information exchange and processing hierarchy -- 4. Methodology and findings -- 4.1. Informants -- 4.2. Syllabus and textbook -- 4.3. Data collection -- 4.4. Data analysis and emergence criterion -- 4.5. Findings -- 5. Discussion -- 5.1. Developmental sequence -- 5.2. Instructional syllabus and language processing -- 6. Limitation and conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Similarities and differences  in L1 and L2 development -- 1. Introduction -- Earlier L1-L2 comparisons -- 2. Research on children with SLI -- 2.1. Nature or nurture? -- 2.2. What is the linguistic problem? -- 3. Processability Theory -- A processing perspective on L1 and L2 acquisition -- 4. A processability perspective on children with SLI -- 4.1. German -- 4.2. Swedish -- 4.3. Relation between MLU and word order -- 5. Summary -- Notes -- References -- Extending Processability Theory -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The psycholinguistic focus of PT and the role of LFG -- 3. Correspondence principles -- 3.1. Correspondence and linearity -- 3.2. Mapping c-structure onto f-structure -- 3.3. Lexical Mapping Theory.

Hierarchically ordered semantic role structures -- A classification of syntactic functions -- Lexical mapping principles from semantic roles to syntactic functions -- Well-formedness conditions on lexical forms -- 3.4. Language-specificity -- Processability Theory and correspondence principles -- 3.5. Non-linearity -- 3.6. The Unmarked Alignment Hypothesis -- 3.7. Non-linearity and discourse functions: The TOPIC hypothesis -- 3.8. Non-linearity and Lexical Mapping Theory -- 4. Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Argument structure and syntactic development in Japanese as a second language -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Brief review of the application of PT to Japanese L2 -- 3. Typology of Japanese and brief sketch of its grammar -- 4. Hypotheses -- 5. Empirical study -- 5.1. Research Design -- 5.2. Results -- 6. Discussion -- 7. Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Subject index -- The series Studies in Bilingualism.

Sommario/riassunto

Seven years ago Manfred Pienemann proposed a novel psycholinguistic theory of language development, Processability Theory (PT). This volume examines the typological plausibility of PT. Focusing on the acquisition of Arabic, Chinese and Japanese the authors demonstrate the capacity of PT to make detailed and verifiable predictions about the developmental schedule for each language. This cross-linguistic



perspective is also applied to the study of L1 transfer by comparing the impact of processability and typological proximity. The typological perspective is extended by including a comparison of different types of language acquisition. The architecture of PT is expanded by the addition of a second set of principles that contributes to the formal modeling of levels of processability, namely the mapping of argument-structure onto functional structure in lexical mapping theory. This step yields the inclusion of a range of additional phenomena in the processability hierarchy thus widening the scope of PT.

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Record Nr.

UNINA9911019999903321

Autore

MacClancy Jeremy

Titolo

Anthropology in the Public Arena : Historical and Contemporary Contexts

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, : Wiley, 2013

ISBN

9781118475539

1118475534

9781118475522

1118475526

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (342 p.)

Disciplina

301

301.0941

Soggetti

Anthropology - Great Britain - History

Anthropology -- Great Britain -- History

Anthropology - Great Britain - Methodology

Anthropology -- Great Britain -- Methodology

Anthropology - Great Britain - Philosophy

Anthropology -- Great Britain -- Philosophy

Anthropology - History - Great Britain

Anthropology - Methodology - Great Britain

Anthropology

Social Sciences

Anthropology - General

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Epigraph; Acknowledgments; 1 Beating the Bounds of Discipline? Innovation at the Margins and Beyond; Anthropology for Beginners; Past Imperfect, Present Tense; Bring Out Your Dead; Sketching a History of Anthropology, Popular or Otherwise; Anthropology Foxed; Anthropology Netted, and Other Pagan Practice; Contrasts, Continuities; 2 John Layard, "Study of a Failure": An Innovative Integrated Approach from the Psychoanalyst; A Life; Stone Men; Diffusing Jung; The Psyche in British Academic Society

3 Geoffrey Gorer, "Britain's Margaret Mead": Blending Anthropology and TravelogueA Life; Africa Sells, Bali Too; Low Living on High Ground? Gorer Does Fieldwork; Allying Anthropology and Neo-Freudianism for the Allies; Keeping Busy; Gorer, Mead, Love, Sex; How to Straddle the Academic and the Popular, Mead-Style; Kinship at the Core: Gorer's Relations with British Anthropologists; Gorer Lives?; 4 Robert Graves: Empowering Anthropological Modes of Explanation in Myth and Ritual; A Life; Rivers, Graves, the Trenches, the Underworld; Goddesses, Muses, and Other Modes of Thought

Magic, Witchcraft, and Other Gravesian Modes of ThoughtAnthropologica; Academe, the Poet, and the Popular; The Perils of Collaborating with Charisma; Anthropologists, Academic and Otherwise; Of the Poker- and the Po-Faced: Graves, His Critics, and His Co-Believers; 5 Mass Observation: A Radical, Popular Ethnography of the People, by the People, and for the People; A Democratic Surrealism; A Day in the Life; Going Bush in Bolton; Observing Mass Observation; Assessing Mass Observation; From MO to PoMo; 6 The Literary Image of the Anthropologist; A Note on Terminology, and a Caveat; Character

FieldworkFunction; No Time for a Conclusion?; 7 Parting Comments: Public Interest, Multiple Anthropologies; Bibliography; Archives; Interviews; Books, Articles; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This articulate and authoritative survey of both the popular and academic trends in anthropology demonstrates the broad relevance of anthropological knowledge and argues for a more inclusive conception of the discipline that engages the public imagination. Demonstrates the evolving social contexts of British anthropological theory and practice from the mid-19th centuryHighlights the importance of popular anthropology in forming and sustaining the professional disciplineExplores the past and present cross-fertilization of anthropologists, scientists and prominent



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Record Nr.

UNINA9911022463703321

Autore

Papini Andrea

Titolo

On the Origin of Human Masticatory Function : A Darwinian Perspective on Human Chewing Actions / / by Andrea Papini

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2025

ISBN

3-031-98664-4

Edizione

[1st ed. 2025.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (431 pages)

Collana

Religion and Philosophy Series

Disciplina

570.1

Soggetti

Biology - Philosophy

Evolution (Biology)

Philosophy of Biology

Evolutionary Biology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

1 The Purpose of Teeth -- 2 Characteristics of the Stomatognathic System in Mammals -- 3 Enamel Wear -- 4 The Stomatognathic System in Human Evolution: Bipedalism and Encephalization -- 5 Masticatory Function.

Sommario/riassunto

This book outlines how the physiology of human mastication is the product of an evolutionary development that has its roots in that of the primates that were our ancestors and, even earlier, in that of mammals. In order to understand deeply who we are, we must know where we come from. This book therefore highlights, in a truly interdisciplinary fashion, how dentistry and paleoanthropology often intersect and how knowledge about both these subjects overlap. By laying anatomical-functional foundations of our oral system, combining dental and paleoanthropological knowledge, this book offers great value to students and scholars of both disciplines.