Shigenori Wakabayashi
List of John Benjamins publications in which Shigenori Wakabayashi is involved.
Journals
ISSN 2542-3835 | E‑ISSN 2542‑3843
Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism
Edited by Holger Hopp and Tanja Kupisch
ISSN 1879-9264 | E‑ISSN 1879‑9272
Yearbook
Titles
Theoretical Issues in Second Language Research: Challenges and new directions
Edited by Junya Fukuta, John Matthews and Shigenori Wakabayashi
This edited volume offers a systematic and critical examination of how theories in second language acquisition have been formulated, justified, and sustained, with particular attention to their status as explanatory accounts. Rather than introducing theories in isolation, the chapters revisit… read more[Studies in Bilingualism, 69] 2026. xiii, 232 pp. + index
Current State of Second Language Studies in Japan
Edited by John Matthews and Shigenori Wakabayashi
Special issue of Journal of Second Language Studies 6:2 (2023) v, 171 pp.
2026 Chapter 1. Are these hypotheses really hypothesis? A critical examination of five classic ‘hypotheses’ Theoretical Issues in Second Language Research: Challenges and new directions, Fukuta, Junya, John Matthews and Shigenori Wakabayashi (eds.), pp. 1–17 | Chapter
This paper examines critically the validity of widely cited ‘hypotheses’ from the discipline of second language acquisition (SLA) research, focusing on whether they meet the criteria to be considered hypotheses that can anchor the inquiries, investigations, and findings in a discipline that… read more
2026 Chapter 3. Moving toward a finer-grained analysis and deeper explanation in a generative approach to L2 grammars Theoretical Issues in Second Language Research: Challenges and new directions, Fukuta, Junya, John Matthews and Shigenori Wakabayashi (eds.), pp. 43–67 | Chapter
This chapter argues that generative approaches to second language acquisition (GenSLA) should move beyond broad descriptive generalizations toward finer-grained analyses and deeper explanation. Drawing on the distinction between description and explanation, as well as different levels of… read more
2024 Chapter 13. UG-as-Guide in selection and reassembly of an uninterpretable feature in L2 acquisition of wh -questions: Evidence from islands and scope Current Perspectives on Generative SLA - Processing, Influence, and Interfaces: Selected proceedings of the 16th Generative Approaches to Second Language Acquisition Conference, Velnić, Marta, Anne Dahl and Kjersti Faldet Listhaug (eds.), pp. 316–348 | Chapter
This study explores Universal Grammar (UG) in second language (L2) acquisition, focusing on uninterpretable features. We present the UG-as-Guide (UGG) model, which contends that UG plays a pivotal role in eliminating UG-incompatible properties. We investigated L2 English wh-questions in… read more
2023 Current state of second language studies in Japan Current State of Second Language Studies in Japan, Matthews, John and Shigenori Wakabayashi (eds.), pp. 207–209 | Introduction
2008 Why are L2 learners not always sensitive to subject-verb agreement? EUROSLA Yearbook: Volume 8 (2008), Roberts, Leah, Florence Myles and Annabelle David (eds.), pp. 235–258 | Article
This study investigates whether intermediate Japanese learners of English (JLE) show any variability in sensitivity to the overuse of 3rd person singular (3sg) -s and if they do, what the causes may be. The results of the experiment indicate that JLE do exhibit variability: JLE showed sensitivity… read more