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Input Processing and Processing Instruction: The acquisition of Italian and Modern Standard Arabic
Alessandro G. Benati
[Bilingual Processing and Acquisition 11] 2021
► pp. 19–44

Chapter 2
Processing instruction research in Italian and modern standard Arabic

Article outline
  • 2.1Introduction
  • 2.2Processing instruction
  • 2.3The effects of structured input practice on circumventing processing strategies
    • The lexical preference principle
      • Activity A
      • Activity B
    • The preference for non-redundancy principle
      • Activity C
      • Activity D
    • The Sentence Location Principle
      • Activity E « Personaggi Famosi »
      • Activity F
    • The first noun principle
      • Activity G
      • Activity A binary options
        • Step 1
        • Step 2
      • Activity B binary options
      • Activity C binary options
      • Activity D matching
      • Activity E supplying information
        • Step 1
        • Step 2
      • Activity F selecting alternatives
        • Step 1
      • Activity G selecting alternatives
  • 2.4Measuring the effects of processing instruction on the acquisition of Italian
    • Empirical studies on verbal and nominal morphology (Primacy of Meaning Principles and its subprinciples)
    • Empirical studies on the first noun principle and its subprinciples
  • 2.5Measuring the effects of processing instruction on the acquisition of modern standard Arabic
    • Empirical studies on the primacy of meaning principle and its sub-principles
  • 2.6Conclusion
  • References
Published online: 8 September 2021
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https://doi.org/10.1075/bpa.11.c2
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