Newcastle University

Research Interests

- Second language acquisition:
o Processability Theory
o Teachability
o L2 variation
o L2 transfer
- Psycholinguistics and L2 processing
- Linguistic profiling,
- Cross-linguistic aspects of bilingualism

• Pienemann M. Issues in second language acquisition and language processing. Second Language Research 2002, 18(3), 189-192.
• Pienemann M, ed. Cross-Linguistic Aspects of Processability Theory. Amsterdam/New York: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2005.
• Pienemann M, Di Biase B, Kawaguchi S. Extending Processability Theory. In: Pienemann, M, ed. Cross-linguistic Aspects of Processability Theory. Amsterdam/ New York: John Benjamins, 2005, pp.199-251.
• Hakansson G, Pienemann M, Sayehli S. Transfer and typological proximity in the context of second language processing. Second Language Research 2002, 18(3), 250-273.
• Pienemann M. Language Processing Capacity. In: Doughty, C.J., Long, M.H, ed. The Handbook of Second Language Acquisition. Malden, Massachusetts, USA; Oxford, UK: Wiley-Blackwell, 2003, pp.679-714.
• Pienemann M, Di Biase B, Kawaguchi S, Hakansson G. Processing Constraints on L1 Transfer. In: Kroll, J.F., de Groot, A.M.B, ed. Handbook of Bilingualism : Psycholinguistic Approaches. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005, pp.128-153.
• Pienemann M, Kessler JU, Itani-Adams Y. Comparing levels of processability across languages. International Journal of Bilingualism 2011, 15(2), 128-146.