Language, Interaction and Acquisition | Langage, Interaction et Acquisition

Editors
ORCID logoSandra Benazzo | Université Paris 8 | lia-sfl at cnrs.fr
Marion Blondel | CNRS - Université Paris 8
ORCID logoMarianne Gullberg | Lund University
ORCID logoHenriëtte Hendriks | University of Cambridge
Georges Daniel Véronique | Université d'Aix-Marseille
Assistant Editor
Dana Cohen
Founding Editor
Maya Hickmann †
LIA is a bilingual English-French journal that publishes original theoretical and empirical research of high scientific quality at the forefront of current debates concerning language acquisition. It covers all facets of language acquisition among different types of learners and in diverse learning situations, with particular attention to oral speech and/or to signed languages. Topics include the acquisition of one or more foreign languages, of one or more first languages, and of sign languages, as well as learners’ use of gestures during speech; the relationship between language and cognition during acquisition; bilingualism and situations of linguistic contact – for example pidginisation and creolisation. The bilingual nature of LIA aims at reaching readership in a wide international community, while simultaneously continuing to attract intellectual and linguistic resources stemming from multiple scientific traditions in Europe, thereby remaining faithful to its original French anchoring. LIA is the direct descendant of the French-speaking journal AILE.

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ISSN: 1879-7865 | E-ISSN: 1879-7873
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https://doi.org/10.1075/lia
Latest articles

14 November 2024

  • Children’s multimodal participation in interactions and dialogues across different activities in an early childhood education and care setting
    Stéphanie Caët , Marine Le Mené &  Caroline Masson | LIA 15:1 (2024) pp. 57–94
  • Child activity contexts and language environments : Perspective from daylong audio recordings of American English-speaking children
    Ludivine Glas , Kiana Chubey &  Melanie Soderstrom | LIA 15:1 (2024) pp. 24–56
  • Engaging children in activities and interactions : What strategies do educators use in early childhood education and care?
    Caroline Masson , Tiphanie Bertin , Karine Martel , Anne Salazar Orvig , Christine da Silva-Genest &  Eloïse Chartier | LIA 15:1 (2024) p. 95
  • Conversations in early childhood education and care centres : The role of recasts in the co-construction of meaning and the acquisition of language features
    Naomi Yamaguchi , Tiphanie Bertin &  Pauline Beaupoil-Hourdel | LIA 15:1 (2024) pp. 158–188
  • La participation des enfants lors des interactions entre parents et professionnel·le·s dans les structures d’accueil de la petite enfance  : Les phénomènes d’adressage
    Marianne Zogmal &  Stéphanie Garcia | LIA 15:1 (2024) pp. 130–157
  • Interaction and language acquisition in non-family settings
    Caroline Masson | LIA 15:1 (2024) pp. 13–23
  • Interactions et acquisition du langage en milieu extrafamilial
    Caroline Masson | LIA 15:1 (2024) pp. 1–12

    • 22 March 2024

  • Lending a hand to speech : Gestures help fluency and increase pitch in second language speakers
    Federica Cavicchio &  Maria Grazia Busà | LIA 14:2 (2023) pp. 218–246
  • Another voice for another language? The impact of language on vocal register
    Lucie Drouillet , Corine Astésano &  Charlotte Alazard-Guiu | LIA 14:2 (2023) pp. 247–279
  • Fluctuations des émotions éprouvées par des apprenants débutants dans cinq cours de Français Langue Etrangère  : Une étude de cas multiples
    Delphine Guedat-Bittighoffer &  Jean-Marc Dewaele | LIA 14:2 (2023) pp. 280–306
  • Effets du feedback correctif écrit direct et indirect sur la réécriture du texte et les subséquentes productions d’apprenants de l’italien LV3 au lycée
    Francesca La Russa | LIA 14:2 (2023) pp. 191–217
  • Joint actions affect infants’ cognitive word–object processing
    Eugenia Wildt | LIA 14:2 (2023) pp. 167–190

    • 27 October 2023

  • Conceptual transfer : Roots, assumptions, and current scope
    Scott Jarvis | LIA 14:1 (2023) pp. 14–40
  • Crosslinguistic differences in initial word recognition : A comparative study of French learners of Polish and Arabic
    Hedi Majdoub , Marzena Watorek , Rebekah Rast &  Pascale Trévisiol | LIA 14:1 (2023) p. 75
  • The impact of the cognitive effects of L1 orthographic depth and morphological complexity on L2 French morphographic processing
    Vera Serrau , Cecilia Gunnarsson-Largy &  Pierre Largy | LIA 14:1 (2023) pp. 127–166
  • Language-specific principles of discourse conceptualization in L2 English
    Marianne Starren | LIA 14:1 (2023) pp. 106–126
  • Always trust your gut? A case study on the differential impact of French as L1/L2 on Italian L3 tense-aspect judgments
    Francesco Vallerossa &  Camilla Bardel | LIA 14:1 (2023) pp. 41–74
  • Conceptual transfer, (re)conceptualisation and other cognitive aspects of crosslinguistic influence in L2 acquisition
    Cecilia Gunnarsson-Largy | LIA 14:1 (2023) pp. 1–6
  • Transfert conceptuel, (re)conceptualisation et quelques autres aspects cognitifs de l’influence translinguistique dans l’acquisition d’une L2
    Cecilia Gunnarsson-Largy | LIA 14:1 (2023) p. 7
    • IssuesOnline-first articles

    Volume 15 (2024)

    Issue 2
    Issue 1
    Interactions and Language Acquisition in Non-Family Settings

    Volume 14 (2023)

    Issue 2
    Issue 1
    Conceptual transfer, (re)conceptualisation and other cognitive aspects of crosslinguistic influence in L2 acquisition

    Volume 13 (2022)

    Issue 2
    Second Language Acquisition of Sign Languages: Acquisition d'une langue des signes comme langue seconde
    Issue 1

    Volume 12 (2021)

    Issue 2
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    Language, Plasticity and Learning: Developmental Issues: Langage, Plasticité et Apprentissage : enjeux développementaux

    Volume 11 (2020)

    Issue 2
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    A cross-theoretical and cross-linguistic perspective on the L2 acquisition of case systems / L'acquisition de systèmes casuels en L2 : des études à travers plusieurs théories et langues

    Volume 10 (2019)

    Issue 2
    Issue 1
    French liaison in second language acquisition / La liaison en français langue étrangère: Issues, methods and perspectives / Thèmes, méthodes et perspectives

    Volume 9 (2018)

    Issue 2
    Issue 1
    Verbal and gestural expression of motion and spatial events / L’expression verbale et gestuelle du mouvement et de l’espace: New evidence from different age groups and linguistic environments / nouveaux arguments en provenance de différents groupes d’âge et de différents environnements linguistiques

    Volume 8 (2017)

    Issue 2
    Issue 1
    The gesture–sign interface in language acquisition / L’interface geste–signe dans l’acquisition du langage

    Volume 7 (2016)

    Issue 2
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    Discourse Markers in Second Language Acquisition / Les marqueurs discursifs dans l’acquisition d’une langue étrangère: Studies on Italian and French as L2 / Études en italien et en français langues étrangères

    Volume 6 (2015)

    Issue 2
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    The Morphological Expression of Temporality on the Verb in French as a Second Language / L’expression morphologique de la temporalité sur le verbe en français langue seconde

    Volume 5 (2014)

    Issue 2
    Issue 1
    The role of input on early first language morphosyntactic development: Le rôle de l’input sur le développement morphosyntaxique précoce en langue maternelle

    Volume 4 (2013)

    Issue 2
    Issue 1

    Volume 3 (2012)

    Issue 2
    Typological perspectives on second language acquisition: ‘Thinking for Speaking’ in L2: Perspectives typologiques sur l’acquisition d’une langue seconde: ‘Penser pour Parler’ en L2
    Issue 1
    The acquisition of French as a second language: New developmental perspectives: L’acquisition du français langue seconde : nouvelles perspectives développementales

    Volume 2 (2011)

    Issue 2
    First language attrition/L'attrition de la langue première
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    Grammaticalization and first language acquisition – Crosslinguistic perspectives/Grammaticalisation et acquisition des langues premières - Perspectives interlangues

    Volume 1 (2010)

    Issue 2
    The Processing of Input in Second Language Acquisition / Le traitement de l'input dans l'acquisition des langues étrangères
    Issue 1
    Acquiring Sign Language as a First Language / Acquisition d’une langue des signes comme langue première
    Board
    Editorial Board
    ORCID logoSandra Benazzo
    Marion Blondel
    Eve V. Clark
    ORCID logoChristine Dimroth
    Helen Engemann
    Jonas Granfeldt
    Cyrille Granget
    Maria Graziano
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    Subjects

    Linguistics

    Cognition and language
    Multilingualism
    Language acquisition

    Main BIC Subject

    CFDC: Language acquisition

    Main BISAC Subject

    LAN009000: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General