Steven L. Thorne | John Benjamins

Thorne, Steven L. 2016 Engineering conditions of possibility in technology-enhanced language learning Language-Learner Computer Interactions: Theory, methodology and CALL applications, Caws, Catherine and Marie-Josée Hamel (eds.), pp. 241–246 | Article

Thorne, Steven L. and Dejan Ivković 2015 Multilingual Eurovision meets plurilingual YouTube: Linguascaping discursive ontologies Dialogue in Multilingual and Multimodal Communities, Koike, Dale and Carl S. Blyth (eds.), pp. 167–192 | Article

This research examines ‘virtual linguistic landscapes’ (Ivković and Lotherington 2009) visible in user-generated YouTube.com comment fields associated with video clips of the Eurovision Song Contest. We begin by discussing contemporary sociolinguistic approaches and terminology (e.g. multi-,… read more

Bot, Kees de, Wander Lowie, Steven L. Thorne and Marjolijn H. Verspoor 2013 Chapter 10. Dynamic Systems Theory as a comprehensive theory of second language development Contemporary Approaches to Second Language Acquisition, García Mayo, María del Pilar, María Juncal Gutiérrez Mangado and María Martínez-Adrián (eds.), pp. 199–220 | Chapter

In this contribution it is argued that Dynamic Systems Theory (DST) can be seen as a comprehensive theory that can unify and make relevant a number of different ‘middle level’ theories on Second Language Acquisition (SLA) which in our view are theories that attend to different levels of granularity… read more

Thorne, Steven L. 2008 Transcultural communication in open internet environments and massively multiplayer online games Mediating Discourse Online, Magnan Pierce, Sally (ed.), pp. 305–327 | Article