Martin Howard

List of John Benjamins publications for which Martin Howard plays a role.

Journal

Study Abroad Research in Second Language Acquisition and International Education (SAR)

Yearbook

Titles

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

Edited by Martin Howard and Malin Ågren

Special issue of Language, Interaction and Acquisition 10:1 (2019) v, 139 pp.

Subjects Cognition and language | Language acquisition | Multilingualism

Tense-Aspect-Modality in a Second Language: Contemporary perspectives

Edited by Martin Howard and Pascale Leclercq

[Studies in Bilingualism, 50] 2017. vi, 257 pp.

Subjects Language acquisition | Multilingualism | Semantics | Syntax | Theoretical linguistics

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

Edited by Pascale Leclercq and Martin Howard

Special issue of Language, Interaction and Acquisition 6:1 (2015) v, 180 pp.

Subjects Cognition and language | Language acquisition | Multilingualism

EUROSLA Yearbook: Volume 10 (2010)

Edited by Leah Roberts, Martin Howard, Muiris Ó Laoire and David Singleton

[EUROSLA Yearbook, 10] 2010. vi, 281 pp.

Subjects Applied linguistics | Language acquisition | Language teaching | Multilingualism

Articles

Howard, Martin. 2023. Chapter 10. Grammatical development during study abroad: Approaches and methods. Methods in Study Abroad Research: Past, present, and future, Pérez-Vidal, Carmen and Cristina Sanz (eds.), pp. 239–263

This chapter considers how study-abroad research has investigated different dimensions of grammatical development in learner processing, comprehension, knowledge and production. The chapter looks at the principal instruments and methods used, reflecting different theoretical paradigms. There… read more | Chapter

Howard, Martin and Malin Ågren. 2019. Introduction: French liaison in second language acquisition. French liaison in second language acquisition / La liaison en français langue étrangère: Issues, methods and perspectives / Thèmes, méthodes et perspectives, Howard, Martin and Malin Ågren (eds.), pp. 1–10

This introduction to the special issue presents a brief overview of the phonological phenomenon of liaison in French, drawing on the morphosyntactic contexts of its use by native speakers. We outline previous research on liaison in second language acquisition, focusing on the challenges this… read more | Introduction

Howard, Martin et Malin Ågren. 2019. Introduction: La liaison en français langue étrangère. French liaison in second language acquisition / La liaison en français langue étrangère: Issues, methods and perspectives / Thèmes, méthodes et perspectives, Howard, Martin and Malin Ågren (eds.), pp. 11–21

Dans cette introduction, nous caractérisons le phénomène phonologique que constitue la liaison en français en faisant référence à ses contextes d’ emploi morphosyntaxiques. Ensuite, nous présentons un court survol des recherches antérieures sur l’ acquisition de la liaison en langue seconde du… read more | Introduction

Howard, Martin and Pascale Leclercq. 2017. Tense, aspect and modality in second language acquisition: An overview. Tense-Aspect-Modality in a Second Language: Contemporary perspectives, Howard, Martin and Pascale Leclercq (eds.), pp. 1–25

Article

Howard, Martin. 2015. Review of Cosmai, Albert & Barroso (2014): The Language of Europe. Multilingualism and Translation in the EU Institutions: Practice, Problems and Perspectives. Translation and Translanguaging in Multilingual Contexts 1:2, pp. 236–238

Review

Leclercq, Pascale and Martin Howard. 2015. The morphological expression of temporality on the verb in French as a second language. 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, Leclercq, Pascale and Martin Howard (eds.), pp. 1–14

Article

Jensen, Julia and Martin Howard. 2014. The effects of time in the development of complexity and accuracy during study abroad: A study of French and Chinese learners of English. EUROSLA Yearbook: Volume 14 (2014), Roberts, Leah, Ineke Vedder and Jan H. Hulstijn (eds.), pp. 31–64

Reflecting the current age of mammoth globalisation and the desirability of having a second language in today’s world, study abroad (SA) is becoming increasingly popular amongst university students across many disciplines. Moreover, with the EU identifying a target of 20% participation in SA in… read more | Article

Howard, Martin. 2013. La liaison en français langue seconde: Une étude longitudinale préliminaire. Language, Interaction and Acquisition 4:2, pp. 190–231

This paper presents a longitudinal analysis of French liaison among Irish university learners. Quantitative analysis of their spoken language points to the clear distinction that underlies their use of liaison between obligatory and variable contexts. In the former case, they evidence… read more | Article

Howard, Martin. 2012. On the relationship between sociolinguistic and grammatical development: A longitudinal case-study of L2 French. EUROSLA Yearbook: Volume 12 (2012), Roberts, Leah, Christina Lindqvist, Camilla Bardel and Niclas Abrahamsson (eds.), pp. 88–111

While SLA studies on the acquisition of sociolinguistic variation have primarily illuminated the impact of social and socio-biographic factors on such development, this paper is a response to the need for studies of the relationship between sociolinguistic development and other components of the… read more | Article

Howard, Martin. 2005. On The Role Of Context In The Development Of Learner Language: Insights From Study Abroad Research. ITL - International Journal of Applied Linguistics 147/148, pp. 1–20

Based on an expansive study of Irish university learners of French, this paper aims to illuminate the specificity of the role played by ‘learning context’ on the learners’ language development. Following discussion of the concept of ‘learning context’ in language learning, the paper compares the… read more | Article

Howard, Martin. 2002. Prototypical and non-prototypical marking in the advanced learner’s aspectuo-temporal system. EUROSLA Yearbook: Volume 2 (2002), Foster-Cohen, Susan H., Tanja Ruthenberg and Marie Louise Poschen (eds.), pp. 87–113

This paper investigates the effect of verb semantics on the variable use of aspectuo-temporal morphology by the advanced learner of French. Using the Aspect Hypothesis as a heuristic to test the extent to which the advanced learner overrides the effect of verb semantics in aspectual contexts where… read more | Article

Howard, Martin. 2001. The effects of study abroad on the L2 learner’s structural skills: Evidence from advanced learners of French. EUROSLA Yearbook: Volume 1 (2001), Foster-Cohen, Susan H. and Anna Nizegorodcew (eds.), pp. 123–141

This article compares the relative effect of study abroad as opposed to foreign language instruction on an aspect of the L2 learner’s grammatical development, namely the expression of past time in target language (TL) French. Based on a cross-sectional quantitative analysis of oral data elicited… read more | Article