SubjectsLinguistics / Applied linguistics

Yearbooks

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Annual Review of Language Acquisition

Edited by Clara Levelt, Lynn Santelmann, Maaike Verrips and Frank Wijnen

ISSN 1568-1467 | E‑ISSN 1569‑965X
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ISSN 0817-9514 | E‑ISSN 2542‑5102
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EUROSLA Yearbook

Edited by Sarah Ann Liszka

ISSN 1568-1491 | E‑ISSN 1569‑9749

Journals

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AILA Review

Edited by Christopher J. Jenks

ISSN 1461-0213 | E‑ISSN 1570‑5595
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Applied Pragmatics

Edited by Zia Tajeddin and Naoko Taguchi

ISSN 2589-109X | E‑ISSN 2589‑1103
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Australian Review of Applied Linguistics

Edited by Peter Crosthwaite

ISSN 0155-0640 | E‑ISSN 1833‑7139
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Chinese as a Second Language (漢語教學研究—美國中文教師學會學報)

The journal of the Chinese Language Teachers Association, USA

Edited by Shuai Li

ISSN 2451-828X | E‑ISSN 2451‑8298
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Concentric

Studies in Linguistics

Edited by Miao-Ling Hsieh and Alvin Cheng-Hsien Chen

ISSN 1810-7478 | E‑ISSN 2589‑5230
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ISSN 2211-7245 | E‑ISSN 2211‑7253
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English Text Construction

Edited by Lieselotte Brems, Lobke Ghesquière and Brecht de Groote

ISSN 1874-8767 | E‑ISSN 1874‑8775
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ISSN 0019-0829 | E‑ISSN 1783‑1490
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International Journal of Language and Culture

Edited by Esther Pascual and Vera da Silva Sinha

ISSN 2214-3157 | E‑ISSN 2214‑3165
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International Journal of Learner Corpus Research

General Editor: Tove Larsson and Magali Paquot

ISSN 2215-1478 | E‑ISSN 2215‑1486
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Journal of English-Medium Instruction

Edited by Diane Pecorari and Hans Malmström

ISSN 2666-8882 | E‑ISSN 2666‑8890
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Journal of Immersion and Content-Based Language Education

Edited by Susan Ballinger, Ana Llinares and Yuen Yi Lo

ISSN 2212-8433 | E‑ISSN 2212‑8441
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Journal of Language and Pop Culture

Edited by Valentin Werner, Paul Flanagan and Mie Hiramoto

ISSN 2950-578X | E‑ISSN 2950‑5798
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ISSN 2215-1931 | E‑ISSN 2215‑194X
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Journal of Second Language Studies

General Editor: Boping Yuan

ISSN 2542-3835 | E‑ISSN 2542‑3843
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ISSN 0272-2690 | E‑ISSN 1569‑9889
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Language Teaching for Young Learners

Edited by Dingfang Shu and Jonathan Newton

ISSN 2589-2053 | E‑ISSN 2589‑207X
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Language and Dialogue

Edited by Edda Weigand

ISSN 2210-4119 | E‑ISSN 2210‑4127
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Language, Context and Text

The Social Semiotics Forum

Edited by Xingwei Miao and Akila Sellami Baklouti

ISSN 2589-7233 | E‑ISSN 2589‑7241
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Linguistic Landscape

An international journal

Edited by Robert Blackwood and Kellie Gonçalves

ISSN 2214-9953 | E‑ISSN 2214‑9961
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Pedagogical Linguistics

Edited by Andreas Trotzke and Tom Rankin

ISSN 2665-9581 | E‑ISSN 2665‑959X
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Register Studies

Edited by Jesse Egbert and Bethany Gray

ISSN 2542-9477 | E‑ISSN 2542‑9485
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Revista Española de Lingüística Aplicada/Spanish Journal of Applied Linguistics

Published under the auspices of the Spanish Association of Applied Linguistics

Edited by Francisco Alonso-Almeida and Giovanni Garofalo

ISSN 0213-2028 | E‑ISSN 2254‑6774
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Scientific Study of Literature

Edited by David I. Hanauer

ISSN 2210-4372 | E‑ISSN 2210‑4380
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ISSN 2405-5522 | E‑ISSN 2405‑5530
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TASK

Journal on Task-Based Language Teaching and Learning

Edited by Kris Van den Branden and Koen Van Gorp

ISSN 2666-1748 | E‑ISSN 2666‑1756
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Translation and Translanguaging in Multilingual Contexts

Edited by Maria González-Davies and Sílvia Melo-Pfeifer

ISSN 2352-1805 | E‑ISSN 2352‑1813

Book series

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AILA Applied Linguistics Series

Edited by Susanna Nocchi

ISSN 1875-1113
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Children’s Literature, Culture, and Cognition

Edited by Elina Druker, Vanessa Joosen and Bettina Kümmerling-Meibauer

ISSN 2212-9006
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Hamburg Studies on Linguistic Diversity

Edited by Peter Siemund and Ingrid Gogolin

ISSN 2211-3703
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Hamburg Studies on Multilingualism

Edited by Christoph Gabriel, Kurt Braunmüller and Barbara Hänel-Faulhaber

ISSN 1571-4934
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Innovations in Language Learning and Assessment

Edited by John M. Norris and Sara T. Cushing

ISSN 2772-9575
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ISSN 2210-7029
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Linguistic Approaches to Literature

Edited by Sonia Zyngier and Joanna Gavins

ISSN 1569-3112
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Multilingualism and Diversity Management

Edited by Anne-Claude Berthoud, François Grin and Georges Lüdi

ISSN 2210-7010
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Processability Approaches to Language Acquisition Research & Teaching

Edited by Manfred Pienemann, Bruno Di Biase and Jörg-U. Keßler

ISSN 2210-6480
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Research Methods in Applied Linguistics

Edited by Rosa M. Manchón

ISSN 2590-096X
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Task-Based Language Teaching

Issues, Research and Practice

Edited by Martin East, Marta González-Lloret and Andrea Révész

ISSN 1877-346X
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60 Years of Applied Linguistics: Toward more engaged research

Edited by Grégory Miras, Isabel Colón de Carvajal, Nathalie Blanc and Shona Whyte

For sixty years, applied linguistics has stood at the crossroads of language and society, by meeting real-world needs. 60 Years of Applied Linguistics: Toward more engaged research offers a compelling reflection on the field’s evolution while calling for a renewed commitment to socially responsive,… read more
[AILA Applied Linguistics Series, 22] 2026. xvii, 204 pp. | Open Access logo open access
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Digital and Internet-Based Research Methods in Applied Linguistics

Edited by Matt Kessler

This edited volume examines topics related to digital and internet-based research methods in the interdisciplinary field of applied linguistics. The book brings together internationally recognized experts with diverse interests from across the field. Covered are key approaches, methods, tools, and… read more
[Research Methods in Applied Linguistics, 15] 2026. xii, 433 pp.
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Quantitative Methods in Multilingual Acquisition and Processing

Edited by Gabrielle Klassen and John W. Schwieter

The growing fields of language acquisition and processing have made great strides in understanding how individuals learn and use more than one language across various stages of life in diverse contexts. This is partly due to the methodological innovations that have been developed and refined in… read more
[Research Methods in Applied Linguistics, 16] 2026. xv, 314 pp.
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Research Synthesis Methodologies in Applied Linguistics

Edited by Sin Wang Chong

This edited volume offers a critical examination of research synthesis in Applied Linguistics at a moment when such work is increasingly influential – and increasingly misunderstood. The volume brings together reflective accounts of conducting and editing different types of research syntheses.… read more
[Research Methods in Applied Linguistics, 17] 2026. xix, 383 pp. + index | Open Access logo open access
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Selected Papers from Constructionist Approaches to Language Pedagogy 4

Edited by Thorsten Piske and Thomas Herbst

Special issue of Pedagogical Linguistics 7:1 (2026) v, 219 pp.
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Task-Based Approaches to Teaching Additional Languages in Primary School

Veronika Timpe-Laughlin and Yuko Goto Butler

How can primary school children develop real communicative ability in an additional language? How can teachers move beyond isolated vocabulary and grammar practice toward meaningful language use that aligns with children’s cognitive, social, and developmental needs? This volume provides the first… read more
[Task-Based Language Teaching, 19] 2026. xv, 208 pp.
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Usage-based Perspectives on Language and Language Acquisition: In honour of Heike Behrens

Edited by Karin Madlener-Charpentier, Marjolijn H. Verspoor, Mirjam Weder and Annelies Häcki Buhofer

Over the last three decades, usage-based (UB) approaches have developed into a leading paradigm in research on language, language use, and (first and second) language acquisition. This volume shows how current UB approaches—embracing diverse perspectives, disciplines, and methodologies—place… read more
[Trends in Language Acquisition Research, 35] 2026. xx, 343 pp. | Open Access logo open access
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Virtual Reality in Inclusive Language Learning: Enhancing vocabulary acquisition for dyslexic university students

Giulia Staggini

This monograph offers a timely and original contribution to applied linguistics by bringing into dialogue second language acquisition, inclusive language learning, and immersive technologies. The volume addresses a persistent gap in current research by focusing on specific language needs and… read more
[AILA Applied Linguistics Series, 23] 2026. xiii, 323 pp. + index
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Applying Corpora in Teaching and Learning Romance Languages

Edited by Henry Tyne and Stefania Spina

Applying Corpora in Teaching and Learning Romance Languages is the first major volume dedicated to the use of corpora in teaching and learning Romance languages. Covering four Mediterranean Romance languages – French, Italian, Spanish, and Catalan – the volume provides a thematically structured… read more
[Studies in Corpus Linguistics, 122] 2025. vi, 406 pp.
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Approaches and Methods in French Second Language Acquisition Research

Edited by Martin Howard

Against the backdrop of the critical importance of recognising the specificity of learning languages other than English (LOTEs) in Second Language Acquisition (SLA) research, this volume focuses on a state-of-the-art presentation of the research approaches and methods that characterise French as… read more
[Research Methods in Applied Linguistics, 9] 2025. xi, 379 pp.
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Approaches to Machine Translation

Edited by Mahdieh Fakhar, Monica Vilhelm and Paz Díez-Arcón

Special issue of Translation and Translanguaging in Multilingual Contexts 11:1 (2025) v, 126 pp.
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Broadening the Horizon of TBLT: Plenary addresses from the second decade of the International Conference on Task-Based Language Teaching

Edited by Martin East

First launched in 2005, the biennial International Conferences on Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT) have become an established event for a broad range of participants, and a key feature of the conferences has been the invited plenary (keynote) addresses. This edited volume brings together a… read more
[Task-Based Language Teaching, 17] 2025. viii, 283 pp.
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Child-centered Approaches to Applied Linguistic Research

Edited by Yuko Goto Butler and Annamaria Pinter

In recent years, child-centered research has garnered increasing attention among scholars working with children. However, it remains under-explored within the field of applied linguistics. This gap is partly attributable to the conceptual complexity of the notion itself; “child-centered research”… read more
[Research Methods in Applied Linguistics, 13] 2025. ix, 202 pp.
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Corpus Linguistics for Language Learning Research

Pascual Pérez-Paredes, Geraldine Mark and Anne O'Keeffe

This book serves as an introduction to corpus linguistics (CL) for graduate students and researchers in Applied Linguistics, especially in the domains of language learning and teaching. It provides a structured and accessible approach for those new to CL, equipping readers with the foundational… read more
[Research Methods in Applied Linguistics, 12] 2025. xiii, 207 pp.
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Decolonial Approaches to Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in Applied Linguistics: Addressing local and global EDI challenges

Edited by Kyria Finardi, Marina Orsini-Jones and Azirah Hashim

Special issue of AILA Review 38:2 (2025) v, 224 pp.
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Early Language Education in Instructed Contexts: Current issues and empirical insights into teaching and learning languages in primary school

Edited by Stefanie Frisch and Karen Glaser

This volume presents state-of-the-art research in early foreign language (L2) education in instructed contexts with a special focus on primary school (ages 5-12). Over the past two decades, early language teaching has become an important factor in both academic inquiry and education policy. Studies… read more
[Language Learning & Language Teaching, 62] 2025. xiv, 330 pp. | Open Access logo open access
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Field Research on Translation and Interpreting

Edited by Regina Rogl, Daniela Schlager and Hanna Risku

This volume constitutes a significant step in establishing field research as a central methodological approach in translation and interpreting studies. Following an integrative approach, it addresses both translation and interpreting across professional, paraprofessional, and non-professional… read more
[Benjamins Translation Library, 165] 2025. vi, 366 pp. | Open Access logo open access
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Grammar in Action: Building comprehensive grammars of talk-in-interaction

Edited by Jakob Steensig, Maria Jørgensen, Jan Lindström, Nicholas Mikkelsen, Karita Suomalainen and Søren Sandager Sørensen

Grammar in Action: Building comprehensive grammars of talk-in-interaction investigates the possibility of writing comprehensive grammars of languages based on analyses of interaction. The volume combines two traditions in language studies that have hitherto been separate: Interactional Linguistics,… read more
Other subjects Discourse studies | Pragmatics | Syntax
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The Grammar of Canonical and Non-canonical Wh-constructions

Edited by C.-T. James Huang

Special issue of Concentric 51:2 (2025) v, 172 pp.
Other subjects Theoretical linguistics
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Historical Linguistics at School

Edited by Theodore Markopoulos and Brian D. Joseph

Special issue of Pedagogical Linguistics 6:2 (2025) v, 145 pp.
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Innovative Qualitative Methodologies in Multilingual Literacy Development Research: Amplifying voices from immigrant, transnational, and refugee communities

Edited by Amanda K. Kibler and Fares J. Karam

Researchers who study multilingual literacy development face the reality of complex and ever evolving conceptualizations of multilingualism and literacy across dynamic contexts, languages, and modalities. To unlock the full potential of continuous developments in Applied Linguistics, innovative… read more
[Research Methods in Applied Linguistics, 11] 2025. ix, 268 pp.
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Reflexive and Reflective Research Approaches in Applied Linguistics

Edited by Pejman Habibie and Richard D. Sawyer

Reflexive and Reflective Research Approaches in Applied Linguistics moves the field of Applied Linguistics into new methodological territory. Applying both the newer reflexive methodologies of currere and duoethnography as well as the more established methodologies of autoethnography and narrative… read more
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Register and Professional Discourse

Edited by Shelley Staples and Gavin Brookes

Special issue of Register Studies 7:1 (2025) v, 160 pp.
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Research Methods in Cognitive Translation and Interpreting Studies

Edited by Ana María Rojo López and Ricardo Muñoz Martín

As digital advancements reshape communication, researchers need interdisciplinary methods to understand the cognitive processes involved. This essential reference for advanced students and researchers provides a comprehensive introduction to innovative research methods in cognitive translation and… read more
[Research Methods in Applied Linguistics, 10] 2025. xxi, 352 pp.
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Research Methods in Complex Dynamic Systems Theory Approaches to Second Language Development

Edited by Wander Lowie, Rosmawati and Vanessa De Wilde

This edited volume is a timely and significant contribution to second language development research from a Complex Dynamic Systems Theory (CDST) perspective. The book addresses the growing need for consistent and practical methodologies for CDST research. Each chapter presents an innovative method… read more
[Research Methods in Applied Linguistics, 14] 2025. x, 222 pp.
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SFL Appliability, Visibility and Accessibility

Edited by Claudia E. Stoian, Jorge Arús-Hita and Christian M.I.M. Matthiessen

Special issue of Language, Context and Text 7:2 (2025) v, 297 pp.
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Teacher Education for Task-Based Language Teaching

Edited by Xavier Gutiérrez, Lara Bryfonski and Greg Ogilvie

Special issue of TASK 5:2 (2025) vi, 216 pp.
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Technology and Instructed Second Language Acquisition: Connecting research and pedagogy

Edited by Shawn Loewen, Frederick J. Poole, Hyun-Bin Hwang and Matthew D. Coss

This book brings together a team of leading international scholars to explore the rich inter-section of technology and second language (L2) learning and teaching. This innovative volume offers a unique blend of cutting-edge empirical research, pedagogy-informed perspectives, and practical… read more
[Language Learning & Language Teaching, 63] 2025. x, 365 pp.
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Audiovisual Input and Second Language Learning

Edited by Carmen Muñoz and Imma Miralpeix

This volume presents research on second language learning through audiovisual input, conducted within the SUBTiLL (Subtitles in Language Learning) project at the University of Barcelona. It includes studies exploring various language dimensions and skills, such as vocabulary, pronunciation, and… read more
[Language Learning & Language Teaching, 61] 2024. x, 241 pp.
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The COLT Observation Scheme: Digital versions and updated research applications. Second revised edition

Nina Spada

This volume presents the second edition of the Communicative Orientation of Language Teaching (COLT) Observation Scheme. Since the book’s original publication, COLT has become well established as a research instrument in L2 teaching and learning. This new edition brings COLT into the 21st century… read more
[Language Learning & Language Teaching, 60] 2024. vii, 210 pp.
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Challenges in Corpus Linguistics: Rethinking corpus compilation and analysis

Edited by Mark Kaunisto and Marco Schilk

This book contributes to the discussion of challenges faced in different areas of corpus linguistics, namely the compilation, annotation, and analysis of linguistic corpora. In a field of growing corpus sizes and expanding possibilities of gathering data, some old issues persist, while at the same… read more
[Studies in Corpus Linguistics, 118] 2024. vii, 172 pp.
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Corpus Linguistics and Second Language Studies

Edited by Dilin Liu, Xiaofei Lu and Isaiah WonHo Yoo

Special issue of Journal of Second Language Studies 7:2 (2024) v, 192 pp.
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Corpus-based Translation of Private Legal Documents

Patrizia Giampieri

Legal translation is hallmarked by peculiarities revolving around language intricacies, particular formulae, and system-specificity issues. At present, there is a spectrum of legal corpora dedicated to court-related topics and legislation, but there is no corpus composed of private legal documents… read more
[Natural Language Processing, 15] 2024. ix, 337 pp.
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Digital Social Reading and Second Language Learning and Teaching

Edited by Joshua J. Thoms and Kristen Michelson

Rapid changes in communication channels, tools, and conventions of interaction over the last two decades have paved the way for increasingly digital learning environments. In second language (L2) education, shifts toward digital learning and teaching were intensified during the pandemic and many… read more
[AILA Applied Linguistics Series, 21] 2024. ix, 193 pp.
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Ethical Issues in Applied Linguistics Scholarship

Edited by Peter I. De Costa, Amr Rabie-Ahmed and Carlo Cinaglia

This volume contributes to ongoing discussions of ethics in Applied Linguistics scholarship by focusing in depth on several different sub-areas within the field. The book is comprised of four sections: methodological approaches to research; specific participant populations and contexts of research;… read more
[Research Methods in Applied Linguistics, 7] 2024. xii, 372 pp.
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Filling the Void: Young language learners and the intercultural domain

Edited by Sandie Mourão and Raphaelle Beecroft

Special issue of Language Teaching for Young Learners 6:2 (2024) v, 143 pp.
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Individual Differences and Task-Based Language Teaching

Edited by Shaofeng Li

This volume consists of a collection of empirical studies and research syntheses investigating the role of individual difference (ID) variables in task-based language teaching (TBLT)—a pedagogical approach that emphasizes the importance of the performance of meaning-oriented tasks in facilitating… read more
[Task-Based Language Teaching, 16] 2024. viii, 379 pp
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Investigating Wikipedia: Linguistic corpus building, exploration and analysis

Edited by Céline Poudat, Harald Lüngen and Laura Herzberg

The present volume is intended as a reference book on Wikipedia corpus studies, from corpus construction to exploration and analysis. Wikipedia is a complex object, difficult to manipulate for linguists and corpus researchers. In addition to the encyclopedic articles consulted by millions of users,… read more
[Studies in Corpus Linguistics, 121] 2024. vi, 264 pp.
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La integración de la pronunciación en el aula de ELE: Integrating pronunciation in the Spanish language classroom

Editado por Zsuzsanna Bárkányi, M. Mar Galindo Merino y Aarón Pérez-Bernabeu

La integración de la pronunciación en el aula de ELE es una obra colectiva de 23 especialistas que abordan la enseñanza de la pronunciación del español como lengua adicional desde distintas perspectivas con el fin de enriquecer su didáctica. El objetivo es mostrar que la pronunciación encuentra su… read more
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Learner Corpus Research for Pedagogical Purposes

Edited by Sandra Götz and Sylviane Granger

Special issue of International Journal of Learner Corpus Research 10:1 (2024) v, 240 pp.
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Less Frequently Used Research Methodologies in Applied Linguistics

Edited by A. Mehdi Riazi

Research methodology plays a pivotal role in generating new knowledge in any academic discipline. Applied Linguistics (AL) researchers use a variety of research methodologies to address different research problems and research questions, given its interdisciplinary nature. Notwithstanding the… read more
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Moving towards Peace, Compassion and Empathy through Semiotic Enquiry: Special issue of the Journal Language, Context and Text 6:1 (2024)

Edited by Elizabeth A. Thomson, Awni Etaywe, Ingrid Wijeyewardene and Penny Wheeler

Special issue of Language, Context and Text 6:1 (2024) vi, 225 pp.
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Multilingualism and Mobility in the Twenty-First Century: New Trajectories and Possibilities in Migration Linguistics

Edited by Ariane Macalinga Borlongan and Lisa Lim

Special issue of AILA Review 37:1 (2024) vi, 176 pp.
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Qualitative Research on Language Learning Strategies and Self-Regulation

Edited by Nathan Thomas, Jason Schneider and Sihan Zhou

Special issue of AILA Review 37:2 (2024) vi, 264 pp.
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Audiovisual translation in context: Granting access to digital mediascapes

Edited by Jorge Díaz-Cintas, Alessandra Rizzo and Cinzia Giacinta Spinzi

Special issue of Translation and Translanguaging in Multilingual Contexts 9:3 (2023) v, 165 pp.
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Child L2 Writers: A room of their own

Amparo Lázaro-Ibarrola

Studies on L2 writing tasks with child learners have broken through several barriers in the past few years. Although long considered a solitary task, writing is now regularly done in collaborative pairs and groups as well. New and more comprehensive writing and feedback strategies have been… read more
[Trends in Language Acquisition Research, 32] 2023. xi, 236 pp.
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Corpus Use in Cross-linguistic Research: Paving the way for teaching, translation and professional communication

Edited by Marlén Izquierdo and Zuriñe Sanz-Villar

Cross-linguistic research is a fruitful field of language inquiry that has benefited enormously from the use of corpora. As sources of linguistic data of various kinds and as tools for language processing, corpora have shaped the development of cross-linguistic research, enabling both language… read more
[Studies in Corpus Linguistics, 113] 2023. vi, 237 pp.
Other subjects Corpus linguistics
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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.
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Instrumentalising Foreign Language Pedagogy in Translator and Interpreter Training: Methods, goals and perspectives

Edited by Olaf Immanuel Seel, Silvia Roiss and Petra Zimmermann-González

This volume offers a wide array of cutting-edge original research on the implementation of Foreign Language Pedagogy in translator and interpreter training, a still rather unexplored field of research in Translation Studies. It is divided in two distinct sections. The first section focuses on… read more
[Benjamins Translation Library, 161] 2023. x, 291 pp.
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L2 Collaborative Writing in Diverse Learning Contexts

Edited by Mimi Li and Meixiu Zhang

This book is the first edited volume to compile up-to-date scholarship that discusses frontier knowledge on second language (L2) collaborative writing (CW) and highlights technology-mediated solutions to it. The volume consists of conceptual papers and empirical studies that explore theoretical,… read more
[Language Learning & Language Teaching, 59] 2023. vii, 253 pp.
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L2 Pragmatics in Action: Teachers, learners and the teaching-learning interaction process

Edited by Alicia Martínez-Flor, Ariadna Sánchez-Hernández and Júlia Barón

This is the first edited volume dedicated to both teachers and learners of second/foreign language (L2) pragmatics. It comprises a collection of studies that explore how teachers background and practices, and individual learners differences contribute to the teaching and learning of L2 pragmatics.… read more
[Language Learning & Language Teaching, 58] 2023. xxii, 343 pp.
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Learner translation corpus research

Guest-edited by Sylviane Granger and Marie-Aude Lefer

Special issue of International Journal of Learner Corpus Research 9:1 (2023) v, 153 pp.
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Meaningful Language Test Scores: Research to enhance score interpretation

Edited by Spiros Papageorgiou and Venessa F. Manna

Research on how stakeholders interpret language test scores and how they make decisions about language proficiency is critical because score-based decisions can be extremely consequential for test takers, score users, such as educational institutions and employers, and the society overall. This… read more
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Methods in Study Abroad Research: Past, present, and future

Edited by Carmen Pérez-Vidal and Cristina Sanz

Study abroad research has become an established area of inquiry with theoretical impact and methodological sophistication. The field has incorporated the different approaches and methodological changes that have characterized SLA scholarship, including technological advances and new designs. The… read more
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The Political Economy of Linguistic Landscapes

Edited by Johan Järlehed, Tommaso M. Milani and Tove Rosendal

Special issue of Linguistic Landscape 9:3 (2023) v, 109 pp.
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Practices of Dialogue, Dialogues in Practice

Edited by Alain Létourneau, Geneviève Boivin and Nicolas Bencherki

Special issue of Language and Dialogue 13:2 (2023) v, 153 pp.
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Research Methods in the Study of L2 Writing Processes

Edited by Rosa M. Manchón and Julio Roca de Larios

This volume brings together the perspectives of new and established scholars who have connected with the broad fields of first language (L1) and second language (L2) writing to discuss critically key methodological developments and challenges in the study of L2 writing processes. The focus is on… read more
[Research Methods in Applied Linguistics, 5] 2023. vi, 387 pp.
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Study Abroad and the Second Language Acquisition of Sociolinguistic Variation in Spanish

Edited by Sara Zahler, Avizia Y. Long and Bret Linford

This volume offers a comprehensive snapshot of the breadth of empirical research currently being conducted on the second language acquisition of sociolinguistic variation in Spanish during study abroad. Research on this topic spans diverse methodological approaches, types of programs, linguistic… read more
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(In)equity Issues in CLIL

Edited by Ana Llinares and Russell Cross

Special issue of AILA Review 35:2 (2022) vi, 190 pp.
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10th Anniversary Celebration

Edited by Pádraig Ó Duibhir and Laurent Cammarata

Special issue of Journal of Immersion and Content-Based Language Education 10:2 (2022) vi, 269 pp.
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Advances in Interdisciplinary Language Policy

Edited by François Grin, László Marácz and Nike K. Pokorn

This book stems from the joint effort of 25 research teams across Europe, representing a dozen disciplines from the social sciences and humanities, resulting in a radically novel perspective to the challenges of multilingualism in Europe. The various concepts and tools brought to bear on… read more
[Studies in World Language Problems, 9] 2022. xxvi, 570 pp.
Other subjects Language policy | Multilingualism
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Creative Writing Across the Curriculum: Meaningful literacy for college writers across disciplines, languages, and identities

Justin Nicholes

Situated among fields (applied linguistics, creative writing studies, writing studies), this book empirically explores the language of writers in contexts of learning externalized in literary genres. At its core, this book features linguistic and thematic analysis of the writing and reflections of… read more
[Linguistic Approaches to Literature, 40] 2022. xvii, 225 pp.
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How to Teach an Additional Language: To task or not to task?

Kris Van den Branden

This book provides a comprehensive, research-based account of how people learn a second/foreign language and shows how classroom practice can be organised around research-based principles. In the first part, the book provides up-to-date insights into the cognitive, motivational, and emotional… read more
[Task-Based Language Teaching, 15] 2022. xiii, 292 pp.
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Instructed Second Language Acquisition Research Methods

Edited by Laura Gurzynski-Weiss and YouJin Kim

Written for novice and established scholars alike, Instructed Second Language Acquisition Research Methods is a stand-alone research methods guide from an Instructed Second Language Acquisition (ISLA) lens. After offering foundations of conducting ISLA research, the subsequent chapters are… read more
[Research Methods in Applied Linguistics, 3] 2022. xxiv, 388 pp.
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Language Teacher Development in Digital Contexts

Edited by Hayriye Kayi-Aydar and Jonathon Reinhardt

This volume demonstrates how various methodologies and tools have been used to analyze the multidimensional, dynamic, and complex nature of identities and professional development of language teachers in digital contexts that have not been adequately examined before. It therefore offers new… read more
[Language Learning & Language Teaching, 57] 2022. x, 196 pp.
Other subjects Language teaching
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The Linguistic Landscape of Covid-19

Edited by Jackie Jia Lou, David Malinowski and Amiena Peck

Special issue of Linguistic Landscape 8:2/3 (2022) vi, 176 pp.
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Multilingual education or How to learn to teach multilingual learning

Edited by Eva Vetter and Nikolay Slavkov

Special issue of AILA Review 35:1 (2022) v, 169 pp.
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Pedagogical Realities of Implementing Task-Based Language Teaching

Rosemary Erlam and Constanza Tolosa

This book documents how teachers, working in school foreign language learning contexts and teaching beginner learners of languages other than English, learn about and use tasks. It first presents a pedagogically researched account of how teachers learn about, design and evaluate tasks, after being… read more
[Task-Based Language Teaching, 14] 2022. ix, 282 pp. | Open Access logo open access
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Register and social media

Edited by Isobelle Clarke and Jack Grieve

Special issue of Register Studies 4:2 (2022) v, 190 pp.
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Research Methods in Vocabulary Studies

Philip Durrant, Anna Siyanova-Chanturia, Benjamin Kremmel and Suhad Sonbul

Understanding vocabulary and its role in language learning is one of the central tasks of applied linguistic research. It is also an area that has seen, and continues to see, huge progress in terms of the complexity and diversity of work being done. While this makes for a rich and exciting research… read more
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Theoretical Perspectives on Terminology: Explaining terms, concepts and specialized knowledge

Edited by Pamela Faber and Marie-Claude L'Homme

The aim of this volume is to provide an overview of different theoretical perspectives on Terminology, from Wüster to other initiatives that have emerged since the beginning of the 1990s. The volume also covers important topics which have significantly influenced Terminology and its evolution.… read more
Other subjects Lexicography | Terminology
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Advancedness in Second Language Spanish: Definitions, challenges, and possibilities

Edited by Mandy R. Menke and Paul A. Malovrh

This book analyzes the construct of advanced proficiency in second language learning by bringing together empirical research from numerous linguistic domains and methodological traditions. Focusing on the dynamic nature of language use, the volume explores diverse manifestations of high-level… read more
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Aptitude-Treatment Interaction in Second Language Learning

Edited by Robert M. DeKeyser

This volume brings together seven empirical studies about aptitude-treatment interactions (ATI), i.e., about how (second language) learners with different aptitudes match or don’t match with different educational treatments; and aptitude-testing interactions, i.e., about how learners with different… read more
[Benjamins Current Topics, 116] 2021. v, 202 pp.
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The Art and Architecture of Academic Writing

Patricia Prinz and Birna Arnbjörnsdóttir

This book is a bridge to confident academic writing for students who use English as an Additional Language (EAL). By emphasizing writing as a thinking process, the textbook develops the skills writers need to work effectively with AI tools. The Art of Writing teaches students how to synthesize… read more
[Not in series, 231] 2021. x, 299 pp.
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Beyond Concordance Lines: Corpora in language education

Edited by Pascual Pérez-Paredes and Geraldine Mark

In over 30 years of data-driven learning (DDL) research, there has been a growing sophistication in the ways we collect, analyse, and put corpus data to use. This volume takes a three-fold perspective on DDL. It first looks at DDL and its role in informing language learning theory and how it might… read more
[Studies in Corpus Linguistics, 102] 2021. ix, 255 pp.
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Contested Languages: The hidden multilingualism of Europe

Edited by Marco Tamburelli and Mauro Tosco

This is the first volume entirely dedicated to contested languages. While generally listed in international language atlases, contested languages usually fall through the cracks of research: excluded from the literature on minority languages and treated as mere ensembles of geographically defined… read more
[Studies in World Language Problems, 8] 2021. vi, 271 pp.
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Defining with Simple Vocabulary in English Dictionaries

Mariusz Piotr Kamiński

This book investigates an important but under-researched aspect of dictionary making: the use of a controlled vocabulary in definitions. The main concern of the author is the role of a definition vocabulary in how foreign learners understand and perceive dictionary definitions. The author takes the… read more
Other subjects English linguistics | Terminology
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Developing shared languages: The fundamentals of mutual learning and problem solving in transdisciplinary collaboration

Edited by Marlies Whitehouse, Henrik Rahm and Séverine Wozniak

Special issue of AILA Review 34:1 (2021) v, 144 pp.
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English Pronunciation Instruction: Research-based insights

Edited by Anastazija Kirkova-Naskova, Alice Henderson and Jonás Fouz-González

English Pronunciation Instruction: Research-based insights presents recent research on L2 English pronunciation including pedagogical implications and applications, and seeks to bridge the gulf between pronunciation research and teaching practice. The volume’s 15 chapters cover a range of aspects… read more
[AILA Applied Linguistics Series, 19] 2021. xix, 388 pp.
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Ethnographies of Academic Writing Research: Theory, methods, and interpretation

Edited by Ignacio Guillén-Galve and Ana Bocanegra-Valle

This book illustrates the use of ethnography as an analytical approach to investigate academic writing, and provides critical insights into how academic writing research can benefit from the use of ethnographic methods. Throughout its six theoretical and practice-oriented studies, together with the… read more
Other subjects Writing and literacy
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Measuring Native-Speaker Vocabulary Size

I.S.P. Nation and Averil Coxhead

Estimating native-speaker vocabulary size is important for guiding interventions to support native-speaker vocabulary growth and for setting goals for learners of English as a foreign language. Unfortunately, the measurement of native-speaker vocabulary size has been one of the most… read more
[Not in series, 233] 2021. xiii, 160 pp.
Other subjects Language acquisition
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Register in L1 and L2 Language Development

Edited by Bethany Gray and Jesse Egbert

Special issue of Register Studies 3:2 (2021) v, 122 pp.
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Research on EFL learning by young children in Spain

Edited by María del Pilar García Mayo

Special issue of Language Teaching for Young Learners 3:2 (2021) vi, 190 pp.
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Research on Second Language Processing and Processing Instruction: Studies in honor of Bill VanPatten

Edited by Michael J. Leeser, Gregory D. Keating and Wynne Wong

This volume consists of a well-integrated collection of original research articles and theoretical/overview papers on second language (L2) input processing. The primary contributors are former students of Bill VanPatten from the past three decades, and the collection of articles is intended as a… read more
[Studies in Bilingualism, 62] 2021. viii, 359 pp.
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Teaching, Learning and Scaffolding in CLIL Science Classrooms

Edited by Yuen Yi Lo and Angel M.Y. Lin

This edited volume presents a collection of empirical studies examining the teaching and learning processes in science classrooms in Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) contexts. It is a timely contribution to the rapidly growing body of CLIL research in response to scholars’ consistent… read more
[Benjamins Current Topics, 115] 2021. v, 183 pp.
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25 years of Intelligibility, Comprehensibility and Accentedness

Edited by John M. Levis, Tracey M. Derwing and Murray J. Munro

Special issue of Journal of Second Language Pronunciation 6:3 (2020) vi, 234 pp.
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Approaches to Learning, Testing and Researching L2 Vocabulary

Edited by Stuart Webb

This volume brings together a collection of chapters focused on the learning, testing, and researching of L2 vocabulary by leading international researchers including Paul Nation, Batia Laufer, Frank Boers, Elke Peters, Ana Pellicer-Sánchez, Anna Siyanova-Chanturia, and Stuart Webb. Questions that… read more
[Benjamins Current Topics, 109] 2020. v, 234 pp.
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Audiovisual Translation in Applied Linguistics: Educational perspectives

Edited by Laura Incalcaterra McLoughlin, Jennifer Lertola and Noa Talaván

In recent years, interest in the application of audiovisual translation (AVT) techniques in language teaching has grown beyond unconnected case studies to create a lively network of methodological intertextuality, cross-references, reviews and continuation of previous trials, ultimately defining a… read more
[Benjamins Current Topics, 111] 2020. v, 207 pp.
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Complex Dynamic Systems Theory and L2 Writing Development

Edited by Gary G. Fogal and Marjolijn H. Verspoor

This volume integrates complex dynamic systems theory (CDST) and L2 writing scholarship through a collection of in-depth studies and commentary across a range of writing constructs, learning contexts, and second and foreign languages. The text is arranged thematically across four topics: (i)… read more
[Language Learning & Language Teaching, 54] 2020. xvii, 304 pp.
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Cross-theoretical Explorations of Interlocutors and their Individual Differences

Edited by Laura Gurzynski-Weiss

This book examines the role of interlocutors and their individual differences (IDs) in second language (L2) development from four theoretical lenses: the cognitive-interactionist approach, sociocultural theory, the variationist approach, and complex dynamic systems theory. A theoretical overview to… read more
[Language Learning & Language Teaching, 53] 2020. xii, 270 pp.
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Developing Narrative Comprehension: Multilingual Assessment Instrument for Narratives

Edited by Ute Bohnacker and Natalia Gagarina

Comprehension of texts and understanding of questions is a cornerstone of successful human communication. Whilst reading comprehension has been thoroughly investigated in the last decade, there is surprisingly little research on children’s comprehension of picture stories, particularly for… read more
[Studies in Bilingualism, 61] 2020. vii, 341 pp.
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How Metaphors Guide, Teach and Popularize Science

Edited by Anke Beger and Thomas H. Smith

Metaphors are essential to scientists themselves and strongly influence science communication. Through careful analyses of metaphors actually used in science texts, recordings, and videos, this book explores the essential functions of conceptual metaphor in the conduct of science, teaching of… read more
[Figurative Thought and Language, 6] 2020. vi, 332 pp. | Open Access logo open access
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Intercultural Pragmatics and Cultural Linguistics

Edited by Ulrike Schröder, Milene Mendes de Oliveira and Hans-Georg Wolf

Special issue of International Journal of Language and Culture 7:1 (2020) v, 145 pp.
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A Language Management Approach to Language Problems: Integrating macro and micro dimensions

Edited by Kimura Goro Christoph and Lisa Fairbrother

In recent years there has been increased interest in examining the treatment of language problems across different levels of society, ranging from individual interactional issues to language policy and planning at the national or supra-national level. Among the various approaches to tackle this… read more
[Studies in World Language Problems, 7] 2020. ix, 273 pp.
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Languaging in Language Learning and Teaching: A collection of empirical studies

Edited by Wataru Suzuki and Neomy Storch

This book is the first to bring together a collection of recent empirical studies investigating languaging, an important construct first introduced by Swain in 2006 but which has since been deployed in a growing number of L2 studies. The contributing authors include both established and emerging… read more
[Language Learning & Language Teaching, 55] 2020. vii, 313 pp.
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Linguistic Recycling: The process of quoting in increasingly mediatized settings

Edited by Lauri Haapanen and Daniel Perrin

“She said that he said that they said…” – in this volume of the AILA Review, we investigate linguistic recycling from complementary angles. In particular, we discuss how and for whom language users – both as individuals and as communities – save resources and create value by quoting and… read more
[AILA Review, 33] 2020. iv, 225 pp.
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The Multilingual Challenge for the Construction and Transmission of Scientific Knowledge

Anne-Claude Berthoud and Laurent Gajo

Whereas it is now generally recognised that multilingualism is important for society, culture and the economy, the relevance of multilingualism for the world of science has still largely escaped attention. But science, too, is created and transmitted in and through communication. Today, the… read more
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Professional Development in Applied Linguistics: A guide to success for graduate students and early career faculty

Edited by Luke Plonsky

Success in academia requires more than an understanding of discipline-specific literature and an ability to teach and do research. It is also necessary to develop an understanding of a range of professionally-oriented skills such as how to identify and apply to doctoral programs, how to make the… read more
[Not in series, 229] 2020. vi, 204 pp.
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Teacher Development for Immersion and Content-Based Instruction

Edited by Laurent Cammarata and T.J. Ó Ceallaigh

Teacher preparation and professional development endeavors are key drivers of successful immersion/bilingual (I/B) and content-based language education (CBLE) programs across a variety of models. However, research in this critical area is scant and has not to date received the academic attention it… read more
[Benjamins Current Topics, 110] 2020. vi, 201 pp.
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Writing and Language Learning: Advancing research agendas

Edited by Rosa M. Manchón

The current volume aspires to add to previous research on the connection between writing and language learning from a dual perspective: It seeks to reflect current progress in the domain as well as to foster future developments in theory and research. The theoretical postulations contained in Part… read more
[Language Learning & Language Teaching, 56] 2020. vii, 432 pp.
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Creativity in Language

Edited by Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald, Andrea Hollington, Nico Nassenstein and Anne Storch

Special issue of International Journal of Language and Culture 6:1 (2019) vi, 223 pp.
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Current Visions of TAML2: Tense, Aspect and Modality in Second Languages

Edited by Paz González and Tim Diaubalick

Special issue of Dutch Journal of Applied Linguistics 8:1 (2019) v, 135 pp. | Open Access logo open access
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Doing SLA Research with Implications for the Classroom: Reconciling methodological demands and pedagogical applicability

Edited by Robert M. DeKeyser and Goretti Prieto Botana

This book is unique in bringing together studies on instructed second language acquisition that focus on a common question: “What renders this research particularly relevant to classroom applications, and what are the advantages, challenges, and potential pitfalls of the methodology adopted?” The… read more
[Language Learning & Language Teaching, 52] 2019. vi, 219 pp.
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The Evolving Curriculum in Interpreter and Translator Education: Stakeholder perspectives and voices

Edited by David B. Sawyer, Frank Austermühl and Vanessa Enríquez Raído

The Evolving Curriculum in Interpreter and Translator Education: Stakeholder perspectives and voices examines forces driving curriculum design, implementation and reform in academic programs that prepare interpreters and translators for employment in the public and private sectors. The evolution of… read more
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Heritage Languages: A language contact approach

Suzanne Aalberse, Ad Backus and Pieter Muysken

Heritage languages, such as the Turkish varieties spoken in Berlin or the Spanish used in Los Angeles, are non-dominant languages, often with little prestige. Their speakers also speak the dominant language of the country they live in. Often heritage languages undergo changes due to their special… read more
[Studies in Bilingualism, 58] 2019. xix, 302 pp.
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Interactional Studies of Qualitative Research Interviews

Edited by Kathryn Roulston

Methodological accounts of research interviews find that how researchers use this tool in their work varies widely: there are many “ways” of interviewing. This edited collection unpacks the interactional dynamics of qualitative research interviews from studies conducted in education, second… read more
[Not in series, 220] 2019. xviii, 330 pp.
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Learning the Language of Dentistry: Disciplinary corpora in the teaching of English for Specific Academic Purposes

Peter Crosthwaite and Lisa Cheung

This book explores the affordances of disciplinary corpora for the teaching and learning of the language of dentistry, within the field of English for Specific Academic Purposes (ESAP). We extract disciplinary register features and vocabulary from three key genres of the dentistry discipline… read more
[Studies in Corpus Linguistics, 93] 2019. xiv, 222 pp.
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Narrative, Literacy and Other Skills: Studies in intervention

Edited by Edy Veneziano and Ageliki Nicolopoulou

In recent years, narrative skills have been receiving increasing attention from researchers for their relevance in the development of language, literacy and socio-cognitive abilities. This volume brings together studies focusing on two key issues in the development of children’s narrative skills.… read more
[Studies in Narrative, 25] 2019. xix, 318 pp.
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Negation and Speculation Detection

Noa P. Cruz Díaz and Manuel J. Maña López

Negation and speculation detection is an emerging topic that has attracted the attention of many researchers, and there is clearly a lack of relevant textbooks and survey texts. This book aims to define negation and speculation from a natural language processing perspective, to explain the need for… read more
[Natural Language Processing, 13] 2019. ix, 95 pp.
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Orality: Language and interpreting challenges

Edited by Estefanía Flores Acuña and Pilar Rodríguez Reina

Special issue of Translation and Translanguaging in Multilingual Contexts 5:3 (2019) v, 113 pp.
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Policy and practice in early language learning

Edited by Janet Enever and Patricia Driscoll

Since the 1990s the inclusion of additional languages in primary and kindergarten curricula has become the norm in many jurisdictions globally. Too frequently however, only limited attention has been paid to the satisfactory preparation of schools, teachers, families and the wider community in… read more
[AILA Review, 32] 2019. iv, 186 pp.
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Teachability and Learnability across Languages

Edited by Ragnar Arntzen, Gisela Håkansson, Arnstein Hjelde and Jörg-U. Keßler

Teachability and Learnability across Languages addresses key issues in second, foreign and heritage language acquisition, as well as in language teaching. Focusing on a Processability Theory perspective, it brings together empirical studies of language acquisition, language teaching, and language… read more
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Technology-mediated feedback and instruction

Edited by Hossein Nassaji and Eva Kartchava

Special issue of ITL - International Journal of Applied Linguistics 170:2 (2019) v, 159 pp.
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Translation Practice in the Field: Current research on socio-cognitive processes

Edited by Hanna Risku, Regina Rogl and Jelena Milosevic

This volume presents recent research that follows translators, interpreters and translation project managers into their various work contexts and environments. It extends the scope of analysis of translation research from individuals and texts to collectives in their social and material worlds.… read more
[Benjamins Current Topics, 105] 2019. v, 184 pp.
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Assessing L2 Listening: Moving towards authenticity

Gary J. Ockey and Elvis Wagner

This book is relevant for language testers, listening researchers, and oral proficiency teachers, in that it explores four broad themes related to the assessment of L2 listening ability: the use of authentic, real-world spoken texts; the effects of different speech varieties of listening inputs;… read more
[Language Learning & Language Teaching, 50] 2018. xvii, 278 pp.
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Audiovisual translation in applied linguistics: Educational perspectives

Edited by Laura Incalcaterra McLoughlin, Jennifer Lertola and Noa Talaván

Special issue of Translation and Translanguaging in Multilingual Contexts 4:1 (2018) v, 202 pp.
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CLIL and Bilingual Education in the Netherlands

Edited by Tessa Mearns and Rick de Graaff

Special issue of Dutch Journal of Applied Linguistics 7:2 (2018) vi, 158 pp.
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Community Service-Learning for Spanish Heritage Learners: Making connections and building identities

Kelly Lowther Pereira

This book proposes community service-learning as a critical pedagogy that connects learners and communities to address key challenges in heritage language education. The book’s purpose is two-fold: to fill a crucial gap in empirical research on community service-learning in the heritage language… read more
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Critical Reflections on Data in Second Language Acquisition

Edited by Aarnes Gudmestad and Amanda Edmonds

This edited volume offers critical reflections on an essential component of research method in the field of second language acquisition – data. Scholars working on diverse areas (e.g., pragmatics, corrective feedback, phonology) and approaches (e.g., corpus linguistics, concept-oriented analyses,… read more
[Language Learning & Language Teaching, 51] 2018. ix, 231 pp.
Other subjects Language acquisition
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Empirical Studies of Literariness

Edited by Massimo Salgaro and Paul Sopčák

Special issue of Scientific Study of Literature 8:1 (2018) v, 208 pp.
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Foreign Language Education in Multilingual Classrooms

Edited by Andreas Bonnet and Peter Siemund

This volume challenges traditional approaches to foreign language education and proposes to redefine them in our age of international migration and globalization. Foreign language classrooms are no longer populated by monolingual students, but increasingly by multilingual students with highly… read more
[Hamburg Studies on Linguistic Diversity, 7] 2018. viii, 423 pp.
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Intercultural Perspectives on Research Writing

Edited by Pilar Mur-Dueñas and Jolanta Šinkūnienė

This volume offers a fresh intercultural perspective on the discursive and rhetorical challenges non-Anglophone scholars face while writing and publishing in English for an international readership. The volume presents a wide spectrum of text-based intercultural analyses of academic texts written… read more
[AILA Applied Linguistics Series, 18] 2018. x, 310 pp.
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Learning Language through Task Repetition

Edited by Martin Bygate

After more than 20 years of research, this is the first book-length treatment of second language task repetition – the repetition of encounters with a task that involve re-using the same content with the same overall purpose. The topic links task performance with the growing mastery of both the… read more
[Task-Based Language Teaching, 11] 2018. x, 334 pp.
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Learning to Read in a Digital World

Edited by Mirit Barzillai, Jenny Thomson, Sascha Schroeder and Paul van den Broek

With digital screens becoming increasingly ubiquitous in the lives of children, from their homes to their classrooms, understanding the influence of these technologies on the ways children read takes on great importance. The aim of this edited volume is to examine how advances in technology are… read more
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The Politics of Multilingualism: Europeanisation, globalisation and linguistic governance

Edited by Peter A. Kraus and François Grin

This book proposes a multidisciplinary assessment of the impact of complex diversity on language politics and policies, analysing how the legacies of the old interact with the challenges of the new. Its main focus is on the interplay of multilingualism on the one hand, and the dynamics of… read more
[Studies in World Language Problems, 6] 2018. xix, 367 pp.
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Revisiting Shakespeare's Language

Edited by Annalisa Baicchi, Roberta Facchinetti, Silvia Cacchiani and Antonio Bertacca

Special issue of English Text Construction 11:1 (2018) v, 168 pp.
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TBLT as a Researched Pedagogy

Edited by Virginia Samuda, Kris Van den Branden and Martin Bygate

Bringing together experienced classroom researchers and teacher educators from different countries where tasks are playing an influential role in language education, this collected volume critically explores how TBLT research can engage with pedagogy, and how TBLT pedagogy can engage with research.… read more
[Task-Based Language Teaching, 12] 2018. viii, 292 pp.
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Transdisciplinarity in Applied Linguistics. AILA Review, Volume 31

Edited by Daniel Perrin and Claire Kramsch

Crossing boundaries between disciplines, research fields, and epistemologies has long been considered a promising way to get to grips with real-world problems. First formulated in the early 1960s in pedagogy and natural sciences, principles of transdisciplinarity have always been at the core of… read more
[AILA Review, 31] 2018. iii, 148 pp. | Open Access logo open access
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Usage-inspired L2 Instruction: Researched pedagogy

Edited by Andrea E. Tyler, Lourdes Ortega, Mariko Uno and Hae In Park

This book presents a set of compelling essays collectively making a persuasive case for why a usage-based perspective on language is fast becoming a leading theoretical framework for investigating second language (L2) learning and the foundation for effective, innovative, engaging pedagogy. Drawing… read more
[Language Learning & Language Teaching, 49] 2018. xvii, 324 pp.
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Applied Linguistics Perspectives on CLIL

Edited by Ana Llinares and Tom Morton

This book represents the first collection of studies on Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) which brings together a range of perspectives through which CLIL has been investigated within Applied Linguistics. The book aims to show how the four perspectives of Second Language Acquisition… read more
[Language Learning & Language Teaching, 47] 2017. vi, 317 pp.
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Applied Linguistics in the Middle East and North Africa: Current practices and future directions

Edited by Atta Gebril

This volume offers a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of applied research efforts in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). This region has not received due attention in the literature and this publication provides a much-needed contribution to the existing body of knowledge. The editor… read more
[AILA Applied Linguistics Series, 15] 2017. ix, 390 pp.
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Contextualizing Pragma-Dialectics

Edited by Frans H. van Eemeren and Peng Wu

Contextualizing Pragma-Dialectics contains a selection of 18 article reporting on research conducted in the past decade in which the institutional context in which argumentative discourse takes place is systematically taken into account. Some articles provide relevant theoretical backgrounds, other… read more
[Argumentation in Context, 12] 2017. ix, 367 pp.
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Developmental Perspectives in Written Language and Literacy: In honor of Ludo Verhoeven

Edited by Eliane Segers and Paul van den Broek

Research on the development on written language and literacy is inherently multidisciplinary. In this book, leading researchers studying brain, cognition and behavior, come together in revealing how children develop written language and literacy, why they may experience difficulties, and which… read more
[Not in series, 206] 2017. xi, 447 pp.
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Dialogue and Ethics

Edited by Ronald C. Arnett and François Cooren

Special issue of Language and Dialogue 7:1 (2017) v, 133 pp.
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Expanding Individual Difference Research in the Interaction Approach: Investigating learners, instructors, and other interlocutors

Edited by Laura Gurzynski-Weiss

Expanding Individual Difference Research in the Interaction Approach: Investigating learners, instructors, and other interlocutors demonstrates why investigating the individual differences of all interlocutors with whom learners interact – including peer and heritage learners, instructors,… read more
[AILA Applied Linguistics Series, 16] 2017. xii, 327 pp.
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Language Acquisition in CLIL and Non-CLIL Settings: Learner corpus and experimental evidence on passive constructions

Verena Möller

Language Acquisition in CLIL and Non-CLIL Settings builds a bridge between Second Language Acquisition and Learner Corpus Research (LCR) methodologies to take the evaluation of Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) to a new level. The study innovates in two main ways. First, it is based… read more
[Studies in Corpus Linguistics, 80] 2017. xx, 417 pp.
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Meaning Making in the Periphery. AILA Review, Volume 30

Edited by Luiz Paulo Moita-Lopes and Mike Baynham

[AILA Review, 30] 2017. xiii, 188 pp. | Open Access logo open access
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Reading Comprehension in Educational Settings

Edited by José A. León and Inmaculada Escudero

Text comprehension is a critical area of psychological and educational research, and has particular relevance to educational context. The general aim of this international volume Reading Comprehension in Educational Settings is to encourage excellence in research and to bring together teachers,… read more
[Studies in Written Language and Literacy, 16] 2017. xvii, 198 pp.
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Segmental, prosodic and fluency features in phonetic learner corpora

Edited by Jürgen Trouvain, Frank Zimmerer, Bernd Möbius, Mária Gósy and Anne Bonneau

Special issue of International Journal of Learner Corpus Research 3:2 (2017) v, 176 pp.
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Theories of Reading Development

Edited by Kate Cain, Donald L. Compton and Rauno K. Parrila

The use of printed words to capture language is one of the most remarkable inventions of humankind, and learning to read them is one of the most remarkable achievements of individuals. In recent decades, how we learn to read and understand printed text has been studied intensely in genetics,… read more
[Studies in Written Language and Literacy, 15] 2017. vii, 534 pp.
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The Acquisition of L2 Mandarin Prosody: From experimental studies to pedagogical practice

Chunsheng Yang

This book examines the acquisition of L2 Mandarin prosody, a less explored area in SLA. While acknowledging that tone acquisition is one of the most important aspects in acquiring L2 Mandarin phonology, the book demonstrates that phrase- and utterance-level prosody is equally important.… read more
[Bilingual Processing and Acquisition, 1] 2016. xviii, 175 pp.
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Advances in Spanish as a Heritage Language

Edited by Diego Pascual y Cabo

Bringing together contributions from some of the leading experts in the field of Spanish as a Heritage Language, this volume aims to provide an in-depth understanding of current and emerging trends in research and praxis. To this end, the volume is divided into three thematic units. The first unit… read more
[Studies in Bilingualism, 49] 2016. ix, 353 pp.
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Becoming and Being an Applied Linguist: The life histories of some applied linguists

Edited by Rod Ellis

Becoming and Being an Applied Linguist contains narrative accounts of the lives of thirteen well-established applied linguists. Their professional autobiographies document the development of some of the key areas of applied linguistics – second, language acquisition, motivation, grammar,… read more
[Not in series, 203] 2016. vi, 373 pp.
Other subjects History of linguistics
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EUROSLA Yearbook: Volume 16 (2016)

Edited by Sarah Ann Liszka, Pascale Leclercq, Marion Tellier and Georges Daniel Véronique

[EUROSLA Yearbook, 16] 2016. ix, 210 pp.
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Endangered Languages and Languages in Danger: Issues of documentation, policy, and language rights

Edited by Luna Filipović and Martin Pütz

This peer-reviewed collection brings together the latest research on language endangerment and language rights. It creates a vibrant, interdisciplinary platform for the discussion of the most pertinent and urgent topics central to vitality and equality of languages in today’s globalised world. The… read more
[IMPACT: Studies in Language, Culture and Society, 42] 2016. ix, 413 pp. | Open Access logo open access
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Input-based Tasks in Foreign Language Instruction for Young Learners

Natsuko Shintani

The book examines how task-based language teaching (TBLT) can be carried out with young beginner learners in a foreign language context. It addresses how TBLT can be introduced and implemented in a difficult instructional context where traditional teaching approaches are entrenched. The book… read more
[Task-Based Language Teaching, 9] 2016. xi, 199 pp.
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Integrating Chinese Linguistic Research and Language Teaching and Learning

Edited by Hongyin Tao

Linguistic research and language teaching have generally been viewed as two separate types of academic endeavor. While linguists have been preoccupied with pattern finding and theory building, language teachers often encounter issues that are not readily addressed by theoretical linguistic research. read more
[Studies in Chinese Language and Discourse, 7] 2016. xviii, 239 pp.
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Language-Learner Computer Interactions: Theory, methodology and CALL applications

Edited by Catherine Caws and Marie-Josée Hamel

This book focuses on learner-computer interactions (LCI) in second language learning environments drawing largely on sociocultural theories of language development. It brings together a rich and varied range of theoretical discussions and applications in order to illustrate the way in which LCI can… read more
[Language Studies, Science and Engineering, 2] 2016. xv, 257 pp. | Open Access logo open access
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Linguistic Innovations: Rethinking linguistic creativity in non-native Englishes

Edited by Sandra C. Deshors, Sandra Götz and Samantha Laporte

Special issue of International Journal of Learner Corpus Research 2:2 (2016) v, 222 pp.
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Literacy Acquisition in School in the Context of Migration and Multilingualism: A binational survey

Inken Sürig, Yazgül Şimşek, Christoph Schroeder and Anja Boness

This book presents the outcomes of a multi-methodical investigation of the processes of literacy acquisition. The focus is on mono- and bilingual first- and seventh-graders in schools in socially underprivileged areas of two major cities in Turkey and Germany. By means of extensive analyses of… read more
[Hamburg Studies on Linguistic Diversity, 5] 2016. xii, 297 pp.
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Making and Using Word Lists for Language Learning and Testing

I.S.P. Nation

Word lists lie at the heart of good vocabulary course design, the development of graded materials for extensive listening and extensive reading, research on vocabulary load, and vocabulary test development. This book has been written for vocabulary researchers and curriculum designers to describe… read more
[Not in series, 208] 2016. xiv, 210 pp.
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Managing Plurilingual and Intercultural Practices in the Workplace: The case of multilingual Switzerland

Edited by Georges Lüdi, Katharina Höchle Meier and Patchareerat Yanaprasart

The contributions in this volume stem from different lines of research and represent both a continuation and an advancement of the European DYLAN project. The book addresses the meanings and implications of multilingualism and plurilingual repertoires as well as the ways in which cultural diversity… read more
[Multilingualism and Diversity Management, 4] 2016. viii, 374 pp.
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Memory and memorialization

Edited by Eliezer Ben-Rafael and Elana Shohamy

Special issue of Linguistic Landscape 2:3 (2016) v, 104 pp.
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Peer Interaction and Second Language Learning: Pedagogical potential and research agenda

Edited by Masatoshi Sato and Susan Ballinger

This volume represents the first collection of empirical studies focusing on peer interaction for L2 learning. These studies aim to unveil the impact of mediating variables such as task type, mode of interaction, and social relationships on learners’ interactional behaviors and language development… read more
[Language Learning & Language Teaching, 45] 2016. vii, 399 pp.
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Reflexivity in Late Modernity: Accounts from linguistic ethnographies of youth. AILA Review, Volume 29

Edited by Miguel Pérez-Milans

This issue engages with contemporary sociological debates on reflexivity, youth, and late modernity. Drawing from the ontological and epistemological lens of linguistic ethnography, the contributors describe different indexical forms of language use (linguistic styles, discourse registers, small… read more
[AILA Review, 29] 2016. iii, 213 pp. | Open Access logo open access
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Second Language Acquisition of Turkish

Edited by Ayşe Gürel

This book brings together the findings of current studies on the second language (L2) acquisition of Turkish, an Altaic language with more than 140 million native speakers around the world. There is now a growing interest in learning and teaching Turkish as an L2, both in and outside Turkey.… read more
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Second-language Discourse in the Digital World: Linguistic and social practices in and beyond the networked classroom

Ilona Vandergriff

Second-language Discourse in the Digital World illustrates a new, practice-driven approach to technology in second-language (L2) learning that begins with what L2 users do when they connect with others online. With its rich set of examples from a number of different languages and a variety of… read more
[Language Learning & Language Teaching, 46] 2016. xiii, 270 pp.
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Spanish Learner Corpus Research: Current trends and future perspectives

Edited by Margarita Alonso-Ramos

The aim of this book is to present a comprehensive picture of the current state of Spanish learner corpus research (SLCR), which makes it unique, since no other monograph has focused on collecting research dealing with learner corpora of any language other than English. In addition to an… read more
[Studies in Corpus Linguistics, 78] 2016. vi, 337 pp.
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Transdisciplinary Approaches to Literature and Empathy

Edited by Paul Sopčák, Massimo Salgaro and J. Berenike Herrmann

Special issue of Scientific Study of Literature 6:1 (2016) v, 174 pp.
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Translating Creolization

Edited by Desrine Bogle, Ian Craig and Jason F. Siegel

Special issue of Translation and Translanguaging in Multilingual Contexts 2:2 (2016) v, 106 pp.
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Corpus-based Research in Applied Linguistics: Studies in Honor of Doug Biber

Edited by Viviana Cortes and Eniko Csomay

This volume comprises nine contributions that were written by up-and-coming corpus-based researchers with varied areas of expertise, who were all disciples of Douglas Biber sometime in the past two decades. These papers cover a wide variety of linguistic analyses and describe the principles of the… read more
[Studies in Corpus Linguistics, 66] 2015. xix, 219 pp.
Other subjects Corpus linguistics
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Domains and Directions in the Development of TBLT: A decade of plenaries from the international conference

Edited by Martin Bygate

This volume brings together contemporary position statements and research reviews which were originally presented as Plenary Addresses to the Biennial International Conference on Task-Based Language Teaching, between 2005 and 2013. It thus assembles up-to-date reflections, critiques, and… read more
[Task-Based Language Teaching, 8] 2015. xxiv, 325 pp.
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EUROSLA Yearbook: Volume 15 (2015)

Edited by Leah Roberts, Kevin McManus, Norbert Vanek and Danijela Trenkic

The annual conference of the European Second Language Association provides an opportunity for the presentation of second language research with a genuinely European flavour. The theoretical perspectives adopted are wide-ranging and may fall within traditions overlooked elsewhere. Moreover, the… read more
[EUROSLA Yearbook, 15] 2015. ix, 163 pp.
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Elicited Metaphor Analysis in Educational Discourse

Edited by Wan Wan and Graham Low

The ability to recognise, discuss and evaluate one’s educational beliefs and working practices in metaphoric terms has for several years been seen as a highly valuable tool for increasing self-awareness, facilitating learning (or teaching), and/or predicting behaviour. This is the first edited book… read more
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Implicit and Explicit Learning of Languages

Edited by Patrick Rebuschat

Implicit learning is a fundamental feature of human cognition. Many essential skills, including language comprehension and production, intuitive decision making, and social interaction, are largely dependent on implicit (unconscious) knowledge. Given its relevance, it is not surprising that the… read more
[Studies in Bilingualism, 48] 2015. xxii, 489 pp.
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Interaction and Second Language Development: A Vygotskian perspective

Rémi A. van Compernolle

This volume addresses the role of communicative interaction in driving various dimensions of second language development from the perspective of Vygotskian sociocultural psychology. Emphasizing the dialectical relationship between the external-social world and individual mental functioning, the… read more
[Language Learning & Language Teaching, 44] 2015. xi, 215 pp.
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Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Im/politeness

Edited by Marina Terkourafi

Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Im/politeness brings together the work of linguists, psychologists, neuroscientists, and second language experts in order to provide readers with a snapshot of the possibilities for studying im/politeness in the 21st century. The volume is organized along… read more
[AILA Applied Linguistics Series, 14] 2015. xi, 279 pp.
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Language Endangerment: Disappearing metaphors and shifting conceptualizations

Edited by Elisabeth Piirainen and Ari Sherris

Languages and language varieties around the globe have been diminishing at an astonishing rate. Despite great efforts at language documentation, scholarship on metaphors and figurative units – often particularly fragile parts of language – has been largely neglected until recently. This book, like… read more
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Learner Corpora in Language Testing and Assessment

Edited by Marcus Callies and Sandra Götz

The aim of this volume is to highlight the benefits and potential of using learner corpora for the testing and assessment of L2 proficiency in both speaking and writing, reflecting the growing importance of learner corpora in applied linguistics and second language acquisition research. Identifying… read more
[Studies in Corpus Linguistics, 70] 2015. vi, 220 pp.
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Lexical Input Processing and Vocabulary Learning

Joe Barcroft

This book focuses on theory, research, and practice related to lexical input processing (lex-IP), an exciting field exploring how learners allocate their limited processing resources when exposed to words and lexical phrases in the input. Unit 1 specifies parameters of lex-IP research among other… read more
[Language Learning & Language Teaching, 43] 2015. xi, 194 pp.
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Multiple Affordances of Language Corpora for Data-driven Learning

Edited by Agnieszka Leńko-Szymańska and Alex Boulton

In recent years, corpora have found their way into language instruction, albeit often indirectly, through their role in syllabus and course design and in the production of teaching materials and other resources. An alternative and more innovative use is for teachers and students alike to explore… read more
[Studies in Corpus Linguistics, 69] 2015. vii, 312 pp.
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The Power of Satire

Edited by Marijke Meijer Drees and Sonja de Leeuw

Satire is clearly one of today’s most controversial socio-cultural topics. In this edited volume, The Power of Satire, it is studied for the first time as a dynamic, discursive mode of performance with the power of crossing and contesting cultural boundaries. The collected essays reflect the… read more
[Topics in Humor Research, 2] 2015. xiii, 277 pp.
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Pronunciation Fundamentals: Evidence-based perspectives for L2 teaching and research

Tracey M. Derwing and Murray J. Munro

The emergence of empirical approaches to L2 pronunciation research and teaching is a powerful fourth wave in the history of the field. Authored by two leading proponents of evidence-based instruction, this volume surveys both foundational and cutting-edge empirical work and pinpoints its… read more
[Language Learning & Language Teaching, 42] 2015. xiii, 208 pp.
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Transfer Effects in Multilingual Language Development

Edited by Hagen Peukert

This volume, dedicated to language transfer, starts out with state-of-the-art psycholinguistic approaches to language transfer involving studies on psycho-typological transfer, lexical interference and foreign accent. The next chapter on Transfer in Language Learning, Contact, and Change presents… read more
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Trilingual Language Acquisition: Contextual factors influencing active trilingualism in early childhood

Sarah Chevalier

This book examines the language development of two children from the ages of two till four, who are growing up exposed to English, Swiss German and French. Its aim is to ascertain the importance of different environmental factors in fostering active trilingualism. These factors include the quantity… read more
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Writing(s) at the Crossroads: The process–product interface

Edited by Georgeta Cislaru

This volume aims at contributing to an interpretive approach to writing and its dynamics. It offers a general scope on the process-product interface by multiplying the points of view on both the process and the product and their links. The book presents new findings and perspectives in the study of… read more
[Not in series, 194] 2015. vi, 304 pp. | Open Access logo open access
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The Acquisition of French as a Second Language: New developmental perspectives

Edited by Christina Lindqvist and Camilla Bardel

Within the field of second language acquisition, interest in the acquisition of French as a second language has a long-standing tradition, especially in the European context. The aim of this book is to offer a synthesis of current research within this area. It contains contributions from different… read more
[Benjamins Current Topics, 62] 2014. v, 168 pp.
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Biomedical Natural Language Processing

Kevin Bretonnel Cohen and Dina Demner-Fushman

Biomedical Natural Language Processing is a comprehensive tour through the classic and current work in the field. It discusses all subjects from both a rule-based and a machine learning approach, and also describes each subject from the perspective of both biological science and clinical medicine.… read more
[Natural Language Processing, 11] 2014. xi, 160 pp.
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Certainty and Uncertainty in Dialogue

Edited by Andrzej Zuczkowski

Special issue of Language and Dialogue 4:1 (2014) v, 162 pp.
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Dynamics and Terminology: An interdisciplinary perspective on monolingual and multilingual culture-bound communication

Edited by Rita Temmerman and Marc Van Campenhoudt

The urge to understand all aspects of human experience more and better seems to be one of the motives underlying cognitive development in many domains of human existence. Understanding more and better is at the basis of knowledge creation and extension. One way of getting access to how… read more
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EUROSLA Yearbook: Volume 14 (2014)

Edited by Leah Roberts, Ineke Vedder and Jan H. Hulstijn

The annual conference of the European Second Language Association provides an opportunity for the presentation of second language research with a genuinely European flavour. The theoretical perspectives adopted are wide-ranging and may fall within traditions overlooked elsewhere. Moreover, the… read more
[EUROSLA Yearbook, 14] 2014. x, 261 pp.
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The Evaluation of Language Regimes: Theory and application to multilingual patent organisations

Michele Gazzola

Building on existing analytical frameworks, this book provides a new methodology allowing different language policies in international multilingual organisations (or “language regimes”) to be compared and evaluated on the basis of criteria such as efficiency and fairness. It explains step-by-step… read more
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Interlanguage: Forty years later

Edited by ZhaoHong Han and Elaine Tarone

Few works in the field of second language acquisition (SLA) can endure multiple reads, but Selinker's (1972) "Interlanguage" is a clear exception. Written at the inception of the field, this paper delineates a disciplinary scope; asks penetrating questions; advances daring hypotheses; and proposes… read more
[Language Learning & Language Teaching, 39] 2014. vii, 255 pp.
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Language Acquisition in Study Abroad and Formal Instruction Contexts

Edited by Carmen Pérez-Vidal

This publication constitutes essential reading for academics, teachers and language policy makers wanting to understand, plan, and implement an educational language program involving learner mobility. The book provides data and analyses from a long-term program of research on study abroad (the SALA… read more
[AILA Applied Linguistics Series, 13] 2014. vi, 329 pp.
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Language in Interaction: Studies in honor of Eve V. Clark

Edited by Inbal Arnon, Marisa Casillas, Chigusa Kurumada and Bruno Estigarribia

Understanding how communicative goals impact and drive the learning process has been a long-standing issue in the field of language acquisition. Recent years have seen renewed interest in the social and pragmatic aspects of language learning: the way interaction shapes what and how children learn.… read more
[Trends in Language Acquisition Research, 12] 2014. xi, 358 pp.
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Language, Literacy, and Learning in STEM Education: Research Methods and Perspectives from Applied Linguistics

Edited by Mary Jane Curry and David I. Hanauer

Language, Literacy, and Learning in STEM Education brings together a range of applied linguistic researchers and projects that address the interface among language studies, science, engineering, and education. The book is premised on the concept that science is of central importance in the… read more
Other subjects Writing and literacy
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Learning Chinese in Diasporic Communities: Many pathways to being Chinese

Edited by Xiao Lan Curdt-Christiansen and Andy Hancock

This book brings together new theoretical perspectives and bilingual education models from different sociopolitical and cultural contexts across the globe in order to address the importance of sociocultural, educational and linguistic environments that create, enhance or limit the ways in which… read more
[AILA Applied Linguistics Series, 12] 2014. xv, 243 pp.
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Lexical Bundles in Native and Non-native Scientific Writing: Applying a corpus-based study to language teaching

Danica Salazar

This book presents an investigation of lexical bundles in native and non-native scientific writing in English, whose aim is to produce a frequency-derived, statistically- and qualitatively-refined list of the most pedagogically useful lexical bundles in scientific prose: one that can be sorted and… read more
[Studies in Corpus Linguistics, 65] 2014. ix, 212 pp.
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Motivation and Foreign Language Learning: From theory to practice

Edited by David Lasagabaster, Aintzane Doiz and Juan Manuel Sierra

Motivation is a key aspect of second language learning. There is no doubt that abstract models are basic to gain theoretical insights into motivation; however, teachers and researchers demand comprehensible explanations for motivation that can help them to improve their everyday teaching and… read more
[Language Learning & Language Teaching, 40] 2014. viii, 190 pp.
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Pedagogical Grammar

Casey Keck and YouJin Kim

This book provides a comprehensive overview of pedagogical grammar research and explores its implications for the teaching of grammar in second language classrooms. Drawing on several research domains (e.g., corpus linguistics, task-based language teaching) and a number of theoretical orientations… read more
[Not in series, 190] 2014. ix, 245 pp.
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Plurilingual Education: Policies – practices – language development

Edited by Patrick Grommes and Adelheid Hu

Plurilingual communication is common practice in most urban areas. Societal domains such as business and science nowadays see themselves as international, and plurilingual communication is the rule rather than the exception. But how do other players in critical domains of modern societies, and more… read more
[Hamburg Studies on Linguistic Diversity, 3] 2014. viii, 260 pp.
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The Pragmatics of Discourse Coherence: Theories and applications

Edited by Helmut Gruber and Gisela Redeker

Over the past four decades, discourse coherence has been studied from linguistic, psycholinguistic, computational, and applied perspectives. This volume identifies current issues and under-researched topics in the pragmatics of discourse coherence. Nine studies from various disciplines address the… read more
[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series, 254] 2014. vii, 295 pp.
Other subjects Discourse studies | Pragmatics
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Processing Perspectives on Task Performance

Edited by Peter Skehan

Understanding how second language task-based performance can be raised is vital for progress with task-based approaches to instruction. The chapters in this volume all attempt to advance this understanding, and do so within a viewpoint which assumes limited attentional capacities and accounts for… read more
[Task-Based Language Teaching, 5] 2014. xii, 266 pp.
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Reading for Learning: Cognitive approaches to children's literature

Maria Nikolajeva

How does reading fiction affect young people? How can they transfer fictional experience into real life? Why do they care about fictional characters? How does fiction enhance young people's sense of self-hood? Supported by cognitive psychology and brain research, this ground-breaking book is the… read more
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Research methods and approaches in Applied Linguistics: Looking back and moving forward. AILA Review, Volume 27

Edited by Rosa M. Manchón

The present AILA Review volume contributes a collective, retrospective exploration of where the field of Applied Linguistics, as a research community, currently is, as well as a forward-looking analysis of which future avenues are to be explored in the research methods used in the domains of… read more
[AILA Review, 27] 2014. iii, 104 pp. | Open Access logo open access
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Task-Based Language Learning – Insights from and for L2 Writing

Edited by Heidi Byrnes and Rosa M. Manchón

The book seeks to enlarge the theoretical scope, research agenda, and practices associated with TBLT in a two-way dynamic, by exploring how insights from writing might reconfigure our understanding of tasks and, in turn, how work associated with TBLT might benefit the learning and teaching of… read more
[Task-Based Language Teaching, 7] 2014. xi, 312 pp.
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Technology-mediated TBLT: Researching Technology and Tasks

Edited by Marta González-Lloret and Lourdes Ortega

This volume contributes to the development and advancement of TBLT as a research domain by investigating the intersection between tasks and technology from a variety of theoretical perspectives (e.g., educational, cognitive, sociocultural) and by gathering empirical findings on the design and… read more
[Task-Based Language Teaching, 6] 2014. vi, 336 pp.
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The Acquisition of Ergativity

Edited by Edith L. Bavin and Sabine Stoll

Ergativity is one of the main challenges both for linguistic and acquisition theories. This book is unique, taking a cross-linguistic approach to the acquisition of ergativity in a large variety of typologically distinct languages. The chapters cover languages from different families and from… read more
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Applications in Applied Linguistics: AILA Review, Volume 26

Edited by Karlfried Knapp

Applications in Applied Linguistics departs from a comprehensive concept that views Applied Linguistics as the application of findings, theories and methods of sciences related to issues of language and communication, and that distinguishes different modes of applications (practical vs.… read more
[AILA Review, 26] 2013. iii, 99 pp. | Open Access logo open access
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The Art of Sympathy in Fiction: Forms of ethical and emotional persuasion

Howard Sklar

By taking an interdisciplinary approach — with methods drawn from narratology, aesthetics, social psychology, education, and the empirical study of literature — The Art of Sympathy in Fiction will interest scholars in a variety of fields. Its focus is the sympathetic effects of stories, and the… read more
[Linguistic Approaches to Literature, 15] 2013. xiv, 192 pp.
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Automatic Treatment and Analysis of Learner Corpus Data

Edited by Ana Díaz-Negrillo, Nicolas Ballier and Paul Thompson

This book is a critical appraisal of recent developments in corpus linguistics for the analysis of written and spoken learner data. The twelve papers cover an introductory critical appraisal of learner corpus data compilation and development (section 1); issues in data compilation, annotation and… read more
[Studies in Corpus Linguistics, 59] 2013. vi, 314 pp.
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Contemporary Approaches to Second Language Acquisition

Edited by María del Pilar García Mayo, María Juncal Gutiérrez Mangado and María Martínez-Adrián

Second language acquisition (SLA) is a field of inquiry that has increased in importance since the 1960s. Currently, researchers adopt multiple perspectives in the analysis of learner language, all of them providing different but complementary answers to the understanding of oral and written data… read more
[AILA Applied Linguistics Series, 9] 2013. xiii, 265 pp.
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EUROSLA Yearbook: Volume 13 (2013)

Edited by Leah Roberts, Anna Ewert, Miroslaw Pawlak and Magdalena Wrembel

The annual conference of the European Second Language Association provides an opportunity for the presentation of second language research with a genuinely European flavour. The theoretical perspectives adopted are wide-ranging and may fall within traditions overlooked elsewhere. Moreover, the… read more
[EUROSLA Yearbook, 13] 2013. viii, 250 pp.
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Exploring the Dynamics of Multilingualism: The DYLAN project

Edited by Anne-Claude Berthoud, François Grin and Georges Lüdi

This book addresses the meanings and implications of multilingualism and its uses in a context of rapid changes, in Europe and around the world. All types of organisations, including the political institutions of the European Union, universities and private-sector companies must rise to the many… read more
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Innovative Research and Practices in Second Language Acquisition and Bilingualism

Edited by John W. Schwieter

This volume brings together theoretical perspectives and empirical studies in second language (L2) acquisition and bilingualism and discusses their implications for L2 pedagogy. The book is organized into three sections that focus on prominent linguistic and cognitive theories and together provide… read more
[Language Learning & Language Teaching, 38] 2013. xiii, 335 pp.
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Language Policy and Identity Construction: The dynamics of Cameroon's multilingualism

Eric A. Anchimbe

The (dis)empowerment of languages through language policy in multilingual postcolonial communities often shapes speakers’ identification with these languages, their attitude towards other languages in the community, and their choices in interpersonal and intergroup communication. Focusing on the… read more
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Linguistics for Intercultural Education

Edited by Fred Dervin and Anthony J. Liddicoat

The issue of intercultural learning has been tackled, amongst others, in the fields of education, language education and applied linguistics. In spite of the extensive literature on the subject, there is still much which needs to be done to address the ways in which linguistics itself can… read more
[Language Learning & Language Teaching, 33] 2013. vi, 201 pp.
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The Linguistics of Newswriting

Daniel Perrin

The Linguistics of Newswriting focuses on text production in journalistic media as both a socially relevant field of language use and as a strategic field of applied linguistics. The book discusses and paves the way for scientific projects in the emerg­ing field of linguistics of newswriting. From… read more
[AILA Applied Linguistics Series, 11] 2013. xiii, 302 pp. | Open Access logo open access
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Literary Linguistics

Edited by Anja Müller-Wood

Special issue of Language and Dialogue 3:1 (2013) v, 163 pp.
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Metaphors in Learner English

Susan Nacey

This volume presents results from a corpus-based investigation into the metaphorical production of foreign language learners, comparing texts written by Norwegian (L2) learners of English with those written by British (L1) students. Three types of questions are addressed. The first has empirically… read more
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Multilingualism and Language Diversity in Urban Areas: Acquisition, identities, space, education

Edited by Peter Siemund, Ingrid Gogolin, Monika Edith Schulz and Julia Davydova

This state-of-the-art volume provides an interdisciplinary overview of current topics and research foci in the areas of linguistic diversity and migration-induced multilingualism and aims to lay the foundations for interdisciplinary work and the development of a common methodological framework for… read more
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New Perspectives on English as a European Lingua Franca

Heiko Motschenbacher

This volume complements earlier work on English as a lingua franca (ELF) by providing an in-depth study of the phenomenon from a decidedly European perspective. Distancing itself from more traditional approaches to the study of English in Europe (linguistic imperialism and “Euro-English”), the… read more
[Not in series, 182] 2013. xi, 249 pp.
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Second Language Interaction in Diverse Educational Contexts

Edited by Kim McDonough and Alison Mackey

This volume brings together empirical research that explores interaction in a wide range of educational settings. It includes work that takes a cognitive, brain-based approach to studying interaction, as well as studies that take a social, contextual perspective. Interaction is defined quite… read more
[Language Learning & Language Teaching, 34] 2013. xiv, 318 pp.
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Sensitive periods, language aptitude, and ultimate L2 attainment

Edited by Gisela Granena and Mike Long

Research on second language acquisition (SLA) has identified language aptitude and age of onset (AO), i.e., the age at which learners are first meaningfully exposed to the L2, as robust predictors of rate of classroom language learning and level of ultimate L2 attainment in naturalistic settings,… read more
[Language Learning & Language Teaching, 35] 2013. xv, 295 pp.
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Social and Cultural Aspects of Language Learning in Study Abroad

Edited by Celeste Kinginger

The papers in this volume offer a sampling of contemporary efforts to update the portrayal of study abroad in the applied linguistics literature through attention to its social and cultural aspects. The volume illustrates diversification of theory and method, refinement of approaches to social… read more
[Language Learning & Language Teaching, 37] 2013. ix, 344 pp.
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Technology in Interlanguage Pragmatics Research and Teaching

Edited by Naoko Taguchi and Julie M. Sykes

Technology-informed approaches to L2 research and teaching have prompted great interest by both researchers and practitioners alike. This book highlights the relationship between digitally-mediated technologies and second language pragmatics by presenting exemplary applications of technology for… read more
[Language Learning & Language Teaching, 36] 2013. viii, 276 pp.
Other subjects Language acquisition | Pragmatics
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Transferring Linguistic Know-how into Institutional Practice

Edited by Kristin Bührig and Bernd Meyer

This volume is dedicated to applied linguistic research on multilingualism. The term “applied linguistics” is used in a broad sense and describes several examples of the cooperation between linguists and public service institutions or commercial companies. Furthermore, renowned scholars in the… read more
[Hamburg Studies on Multilingualism, 15] 2013. vii, 151 pp.
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The Travelling Concepts of Narrative

Edited by Mari Hatavara, Lars-Christer Hydén and Matti Hyvärinen

Narrative is a pioneer concept in our trans-disciplinary age. For decades, it has been one of the most successful catchwords in literature, history, cultural studies, philosophy, and health studies. While the expansion of narrative studies has led to significant advances across a number of fields,… read more
[Studies in Narrative, 18] 2013. vi, 311 pp.
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Typology of Writing Systems

Edited by S. Borgwaldt and Terry Joyce

Typology research is extremely important in both proposing classification frameworks and in promoting the careful investigation and analysis of the core concepts inherent within the classification contrasts employed. More exemplary of the latter aspect, the present collection of papers on the… read more
[Benjamins Current Topics, 51] 2013. viii, 163 pp.
Other subjects Writing and literacy
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Writing Assessment in Higher Education

Edited by Bert Weltens, Jos Hornikx, Wander Lowie, Petra Poelmans and Rebecca L. Present-Thomas

Special issue of Dutch Journal of Applied Linguistics 2:1 (2013) ix, 132 pp.
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Developmental and Crosslinguistic Perspectives in Learner Corpus Research

Edited by Yukio Tono, Yuji Kawaguchi and Makoto Minegishi

This volume provides a state-of-the-art overview of current research and developments on the use of learner corpora perceived from developmental and crosslinguistic perspectives. The book is divided into two parts. The eleven contributions of Part I investigate the development of English language… read more
[Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, 4] 2012. vi, 361 pp.
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Dialogue and Representation

Edited by Alain Létourneau and François Cooren

Special issue of Language and Dialogue 2:1 (2012) vi, 189 pp.
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Dimensions of L2 Performance and Proficiency: Complexity, Accuracy and Fluency in SLA

Edited by Alex Housen, Folkert Kuiken and Ineke Vedder

Research into complexity, accuracy and fluency (CAF) as basic dimensions of second language performance, proficiency and development has received increased attention in SLA. However, the larger picture in this field of research is often obscured by the breadth of scope, multiple objectives and lack… read more
[Language Learning & Language Teaching, 32] 2012. xii, 305 pp.
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Dutch for Reading Knowledge

Christine van Baalen, Frans R.E. Blom and Inez Hollander

This first Dutch for Reading Knowledge book on the market promotes a high level of reading and translation competency by drawing from Dutch grammar, vocabulary and reading strategies, and providing many translation “shortcuts” and tips when tackling complex texts in Dutch. Aimed at students,… read more
[Not in series, 175] 2012. xv, 247 pp.
Other subjects Germanic linguistics
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EUROSLA Yearbook: Volume 12 (2012)

Edited by Leah Roberts, Christina Lindqvist, Camilla Bardel and Niclas Abrahamsson

The annual conference of the European Second Language Association provides an opportunity for the presentation of second language research with a genuinely European flavour. The theoretical perspectives adopted are wide-ranging and may fall within traditions overlooked elsewhere. Moreover, the… read more
[EUROSLA Yearbook, 12] 2012. viii, 217 pp.
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Integrating Content and Language in Higher Education: Gaining Insights into English-Medium Instruction at European Universities. AILA Review, Volume 25

Edited by Ute Smit and Emma Dafouz

This volume explores a highly topical applied linguistic issue: the spreading of English-medium courses and programmes in Higher Education. Hailed as a ticket to internationalisation, English is fast becoming a popular educational medium also at universities with a long-standing tradition of using… read more
[AILA Review, 25] 2012. iii, 103 pp.
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Intersections of Intersubjectivity

Edited by Lieselotte Brems, Lobke Ghesquière and Freek Van de Velde

Special issue of English Text Construction 5:1 (2012) v, 152 pp.
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Multilingual Corpora and Multilingual Corpus Analysis

Edited by Thomas Schmidt and Kai Wörner

This volume deals with different aspects of the creation and use of multilingual corpora. The term 'multilingual corpus' is understood in a comprehensive sense, meaning any systematic collection of empirical language data enabling linguists to carry out analyses of multilingual individuals,… read more
[Hamburg Studies on Multilingualism, 14] 2012. xiii, 407 pp.
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Second Language Acquisition Abroad: The LDS Missionary Experience

Edited by Lynne Hansen

This volume brings together for the first time a collection of studies devoted to missionary language learning and retention. Introductory chapters provide historical perspectives on this population and on language teaching philosophy and practice in the LDS tradition. The empirical studies which… read more
[Studies in Bilingualism, 45] 2012. x, 268 pp.
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Task-Based Language Teaching from the Teachers' Perspective: Insights from New Zealand

Martin East

Task-based language teaching (TBLT) is being encouraged as part of a major overhaul of the entire school languages curriculum in New Zealand. However, teachers often struggle with understanding what TBLT is, and how to make TBLT work in classrooms. Using the stories that emerged from a series of… read more
[Task-Based Language Teaching, 3] 2012. xix, 259 pp.
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Task-Based Language Teaching in Foreign Language Contexts: Research and implementation

Edited by Ali Shehadeh and Christine A. Coombe

This volume extends the Task-Based Language Teaching: Issues, Research and Practice books series by deliberately exploring the potential of task-based language teaching (TBLT) in a range of EFL contexts. It is specifically devoted to providing empirical accounts about how TBLT practice is being… read more
[Task-Based Language Teaching, 4] 2012. xix, 364 pp.
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Applied Folk Linguistics. AILA Review, Volume 24

Edited by Antje Wilton and Martin Stegu

Within applied linguistics, a number of approaches consider the ideas that lay people have about language-related topics. Taking those ideas as a serious object of research is essentially what can be subsumed under the folk linguistics approach. This issue of the AILA Review connects the study of… read more
[AILA Review, 24] 2011. iii, 115 pp.
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Applying priming methods to L2 learning, teaching and research: Insights from Psycholinguistics

Edited by Pavel Trofimovich and Kim McDonough

This volume features a collection of empirical studies which use priming methods to explore the comprehension, production, and acquisition of second language (L2) phonology, syntax, and lexicon. The term priming refers to the phenomenon in which prior exposure to specific language forms or meanings… read more
[Language Learning & Language Teaching, 30] 2011. ix, 254 pp.
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A Dynamic Approach to Second Language Development: Methods and techniques

Edited by Marjolijn H. Verspoor, Kees de Bot and Wander Lowie

Dynamic systems theory, a general theory of change and development, offers a new way to study first and second language development and requires a new set of tools for analysis of empirical data. After a brief introduction to the theory, this book, co-authored by several leading scholars in the… read more
[Language Learning & Language Teaching, 29] 2011. ix, 211 pp.
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EUROSLA Yearbook: Volume 11 (2011)

Edited by Leah Roberts, Gabriele Pallotti and Camilla Bettoni

The annual conference of the European Second Language Association provides an opportunity for the presentation of second language research with a genuinely European flavour. The theoretical perspectives adopted are wide-ranging and may fall within traditions overlooked elsewhere. Moreover, the… read more
[EUROSLA Yearbook, 11] 2011. vi, 272 pp.
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English in Europe Today: Sociocultural and educational perspectives

Edited by Annick De Houwer and Antje Wilton

This volume discusses several facets of English in today's multilingual Europe. It emphasizes the interdependence between cultures, languages and situations that influence its use. This interdependence is particularly relevant to European settings where English is being learned as a second language. read more
[AILA Applied Linguistics Series, 8] 2011. xi, 170 pp.
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Experience, Variation and Generalization: Learning a first language

Edited by Inbal Arnon and Eve V. Clark

Are all children exposed to the same linguistic input, and do they follow the same route in acquisition? The answer is no: The language that children hear differs even within a social class or cultural setting, as do the paths individual children take. The linguistic signal itself is also variable,… read more
Other subjects Language acquisition
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Journalism and the Political: Discursive tensions in news coverage of Russia

Felicitas Macgilchrist

Journalism is often thought of as the ‘fourth estate’ of democracy. This book suggests that journalism plays a more radical role in politics, and explores new ways of thinking about news media discourse. It develops an approach to investigating both hegemonic discourse and discursive fissures,… read more
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Language for Specific Purposes

Edited by Antoon De Rycker, Kris Buyse and Lieve Vangehuchten

Special issue of ITL - International Journal of Applied Linguistics 162 (2011) ca. 146 pp.
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Languages in Business Education: Introduction

Edited by Lieven Buysse, Karoline Claes and Erwin Snauwaert

Special issue of ITL - International Journal of Applied Linguistics 161 (2011) ca. 123 pp.
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Learning-to-Write and Writing-to-Learn in an Additional Language

Edited by Rosa M. Manchón

This book is a pioneer attempt to bridge the gap between the fields of second language acquisition (SLA) and second and foreign language (L2) writing. Its ultimate aim is to advance our understanding of written language learning by compiling a collection of theoretical meta-reflections and… read more
[Language Learning & Language Teaching, 31] 2011. xii, 263 pp.
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Pragmatics in Practice

Edited by Jan-Ola Östman and Jef Verschueren

The ten volumes of Handbook of Pragmatics Highlights focus on the most salient topics in the field of pragmatics, thereby attempting to divide up its wide interdisciplinary spectrum in a transparent and manageable way. While the other volumes select specific philosophical, cognitive, grammatical,… read more
[Handbook of Pragmatics Highlights, 9] 2011. xi, 326 pp.
Other subjects Pragmatics
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Second Language Task Complexity: Researching the Cognition Hypothesis of language learning and performance

Edited by Peter Robinson

Understanding how task complexity affects second language learning, interaction and spoken and written performance is essential to informed decisions about task design and sequencing in TBLT programs. The chapters in this volume all examine evidence for claims of the Cognition Hypothesis that… read more
[Task-Based Language Teaching, 2] 2011. xii, 345 pp.
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Applied Cognitive Linguistics in Second Language Learning and Teaching. AILA Review, Volume 23

Edited by Jeannette Littlemore and Constanze Juchem-Grundmann

This volume of the AILA Review focuses on the substantial contribution Cognitive Linguistics can make to language teaching. After almost three decades of empirical research into the motivated aspects of language, Cognitive Linguistic findings are gradually being applied to Second Language… read more
[AILA Review, 23] 2010. 178 pp.
Other subjects Cognition and language
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Appraising Research in Second Language Learning: A practical approach to critical analysis of quantitative research. Second edition

Graeme Keith Porte

Designed for students of applied linguistics and second language acquisition on research training courses, practising language teachers, and those in training, this combination textbook/workbook is a set or recommended textbook on more than a hundred undergraduate and postgraduate courses worldwide. read more
[Language Learning & Language Teaching, 28] 2010. xxv, 307 pp.
Other subjects Language acquisition
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Creoles in Education: An appraisal of current programs and projects

Edited by Bettina Migge, Isabelle Léglise and Angela Bartens

This volume offers a first survey of projects from around the world that seek to implement Creole languages in education. In contrast to previous works, this volume takes a holistic approach. Chapters discuss the sociolinguistic, educational and ideological context of projects, policy developments… read more
[Creole Language Library, 36] 2010. vii, 356 pp.
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EUROSLA Yearbook: Volume 10 (2010)

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

The annual conference of the European Second Language Association provides an opportunity for the presentation of second language research with a genuinely European flavour. The theoretical perspectives adopted are wide-ranging and may fall within traditions overlooked elsewhere. Moreover, the… read more
[EUROSLA Yearbook, 10] 2010. vi, 281 pp.
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Language Use and Language Learning in CLIL Classrooms

Edited by Christiane Dalton-Puffer, Tarja Nikula and Ute Smit

This volume explores a highly topical issue in second and foreign language education: the spreading practice in mainstream education to teach content subjects through a foreign language. CLIL has been enthusiastically embraced as a language enrichment measure in many contexts and finally research… read more
[AILA Applied Linguistics Series, 7] 2010. x, 295 pp.
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Poetry as Research: Exploring second language poetry writing

David I. Hanauer

Poetry as Research develops an approach that allows poetry writing to be used as a research method for exploring questions relating to second language learners and more broadly for studies within the humanities and social sciences. The book investigates the characteristics of poetry writing and… read more
[Linguistic Approaches to Literature, 9] 2010. xiii, 164 pp.
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Speech Act Performance: Theoretical, empirical and methodological issues

Edited by Alicia Martínez-Flor and Esther Usó-Juan

Speech acts are an important and integral part of day-to-day life in all languages. In language acquisition, the need to teach speech acts in a target language has been demonstrated in studies conducted in the field of interlanguage pragmatics which indicate that the performance of speech acts may… read more
[Language Learning & Language Teaching, 26] 2010. xiv, 277 pp.
Other subjects Language teaching | Pragmatics
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ConcGram 1.0: A phraseological search engine

Chris Greaves

ConcGram 1.0 is a corpus linguistics software package which is specifically designed to find all the co-occurrences of words in a text or corpus irrespective of variation. The software finds the co-occurrences fully automatically, in other words, the user inputs no prior search commands. These… read more
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Connected Words: Word associations and second language vocabulary acquisition

Paul Meara

What words come into your head when you think of SUN? For native English speakers, the most common responses are MOON, SHINE and HOT, and about half of all native speaker responses to SUN are covered by these three words. L2 English speakers are much less obliging, and produce patterns of… read more
[Language Learning & Language Teaching, 24] 2009. xvii, 174 pp.
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Corpora and Language Teaching

Edited by Karin Aijmer

The articles in this edited volume represent a broad coverage of areas. They discuss the role and effectiveness of corpora and corpus-linguistic techniques for language teaching but also deal with broader issues such as the relationship between corpora and second language teaching and how the… read more
[Studies in Corpus Linguistics, 33] 2009. viii, 232 pp.
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EUROSLA Yearbook: Volume 9 (2009)

Edited by Leah Roberts, Georges Daniel Véronique, Anna Nilsson and Marion Tellier

The annual conference of the European Second Language Association provides an opportunity for the presentation of second language research with a genuinely European flavour. The theoretical perspectives adopted are wide-ranging and may fall within traditions overlooked elsewhere. Moreover, the… read more
[EUROSLA Yearbook, 9] 2009. vi, 295 pp.
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Electronic Discourse in Language Learning and Language Teaching

Edited by Lee B. Abraham and Lawrence Williams

New technologies are constantly transforming traditional notions of language use and literacy in online communication environments. While previous research has provided a foundation for understanding the use of new technologies in instructed second language environments, few studies have… read more
[Language Learning & Language Teaching, 25] 2009. x, 346 pp.
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Multilingual, Globalizing Asia: Implications for policy and education. AILA Review, Volume 22

Edited by Lisa Lim and Ee-Ling Low

This special issue has Asia as its focus, springboarding primarily from the multilingual reality that defines South and Southeast Asia, but also including the regions of East Asia normally considered more monolingual. The collection of articles addresses the tensions involved in how the countries… read more
[AILA Review, 22] 2009. iv, 130 pp.
Other subjects Language acquisition
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Task-Based Language Teaching: A reader

Edited by Kris Van den Branden, Martin Bygate and John M. Norris

Over the past two decades, task-based language teaching (TBLT) has gained considerable momentum in the field of language education. This volume presents a collection of 20 reprinted articles and chapters representative of work that appeared during that period. It introduces readers­ – graduate… read more
[Task-Based Language Teaching, 1] 2009. ix, 512 pp.
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Why Writing Matters: Issues of access and identity in writing research and pedagogy

Edited by Awena Carter, Theresa Lillis and Sue Parkin

This book brings together the work of scholars from around the world – UK, Pakistan, US, South Africa, Hungary, Korea, Mexico – to illustrate and celebrate the many ways in which Roz Ivanič has advanced the academic study of writing. Focusing on writing in different formal contexts of education,… read more
[Studies in Written Language and Literacy, 12] 2009. xxxii, 254 pp.
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Beyond Descriptive Translation Studies: Investigations in homage to Gideon Toury

Edited by Anthony Pym, Miriam Shlesinger † and Daniel Simeoni

To go “beyond” the work of a leading intellectual is rarely an unambiguous tribute. However, when Gideon Toury founded Descriptive Translation Studies as a research-based discipline, he laid down precisely that intellectual challenge: not just to describe translation, but to explain it through… read more
[Benjamins Translation Library, 75] 2008. xii, 417 pp.
Other subjects Translation Studies
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Confronting Metaphor in Use: An applied linguistic approach

Edited by Mara Sophia Zanotto, Lynne Cameron and Marilda C. Cavalcanti

It is timely for researchers to approach metaphor as social and situated, as a matter of language and discourse, and not just as a matter of thought. Over the last twenty five years, scholars have come to appreciate in depth the cognitive, motivated and embodied nature of metaphor, but have tended… read more
[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series, 173] 2008. vii, 315 pp.
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Dictionary Use in Foreign Language Writing Exams: Impact and implications

Martin East

This book provides an in-depth analysis of what happens when intermediate level learners of a foreign language use a bilingual dictionary when writing. Dictionaries are frequently promoted to people learning a foreign language. Nevertheless, teachers often talk about their students’ inability to… read more
[Language Learning & Language Teaching, 22] 2008. xiii, 228 pp.
Other subjects Language teaching
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The Didactics of Audiovisual Translation

Edited by Jorge Díaz-Cintas

While complementing other volumes in the BTL series in its exploration of the state of the art of translator training, this collection of essays is solely focused on audiovisual translation, one of the most complex and dynamic areas of the translation discipline. The book offers an easily… read more
[Benjamins Translation Library, 77] 2008. xii, 263 pp.
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Dimensions of Forensic Linguistics

Edited by John Gibbons and M. Teresa Turell

This volume functions as a guide to the multidisciplinary nature of Forensic Linguistics understood in its broadest sense as the interface between language and the law. It seeks to address the links in this relatively young field between theory, method and data, without neglecting the need for new… read more
[AILA Applied Linguistics Series, 5] 2008. vi, 316 pp.
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EUROSLA Yearbook: Volume 8 (2008)

Edited by Leah Roberts, Florence Myles and Annabelle David

The annual conference of the European Second Language Association provides an opportunity for the presentation of second language research with a genuinely European flavour. The theoretical perspectives adopted are wide-ranging and may fall within traditions overlooked elsewhere. Moreover, the… read more
[EUROSLA Yearbook, 8] 2008. 311 pp.
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Learner and Teacher Autonomy: Concepts, realities, and response

Edited by Terry Lamb and Hayo Reinders

This edited volume offers a cohesive account of recent developments across the world in the field of learner and teacher autonomy in languages education. Drawing on the work of eminent researchers of language learning and teaching, it explores at both conceptual and practical levels issues related… read more
[AILA Applied Linguistics Series, 1] 2008. vii, 286 pp.
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Learning and Teaching L2 Writing

Guest-edited by Daphne van Weijen, Elke Van Steendam and Gert Rijlaarsdam

Special issue of ITL - International Journal of Applied Linguistics 156 (2008) iii, 351 pp.
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Literacies, Global and Local

Edited by Mastin Prinsloo and Mike Baynham

The articles collected in this volume draw on or relate to a body of work that has become known as the ‘New Literacy Studies’ (NLS), which studies literacy as situated semiotic practices that vary across sites in specific ways that are socially shaped. The collection offers a body of empirically… read more
[AILA Applied Linguistics Series, 2] 2008. vii, 218 pp.
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Mediating Discourse Online

Edited by Sally Magnan Pierce

Information and communication technology is transforming our notion of literacy. In the study of second language learning, there is an acute need to understand how learners collaborate in mediating discourse online. This edited volume offers essays and research studies that lead us to question the… read more
[AILA Applied Linguistics Series, 3] 2008. vii, 364 pp.
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Multilingualism and Minority Languages: Achievements and challenges in education. AILA Review, Volume 21

Edited by Jasone Cenoz and Durk Gorter

This volume includes research by specialists in minority languages and multilingual education from five European regions (Basque Country, Catalonia, Friesland, Ireland and Wales). In their educational contexts, the minority languages discussed are in contact with other, stronger languages which are… read more
[AILA Review, 21] 2008. 110 pp.
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Phraseology: An interdisciplinary perspective

Edited by Sylviane Granger and Fanny Meunier

Long regarded as a peripheral issue, phraseology is now taking centre stage in a wide range of fields. This recent explosion of interest undoubtedly has a great deal to do with the development of corpus linguistics research, which has both demonstrated the key role of phraseological expressions in… read more
[Not in series, 139] 2008. xxviii, 422 pp.
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Phraseology in Foreign Language Learning and Teaching

Edited by Fanny Meunier and Sylviane Granger

This book addresses the key role of phraseology in second language acquisition and instruction. It is divided into three main sections: Extracting and Describing Phraseological Units investigates the role played by native and learner corpora in the extraction and description of multiword units, two… read more
[Not in series, 138] 2008. xi, 259 pp.
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Second Language Acquisition and the Younger Learner: Child's play?

Edited by Jenefer Philp, Rhonda Oliver and Alison Mackey

This new volume of work highlights the distinctiveness of child SLA through a collection of different types of empirical research specific to younger learners. Characteristics of children’s cognitive, emotional, and social development distinguish their experiences from those of adult L2 learners,… read more
[Language Learning & Language Teaching, 23] 2008. viii, 334 pp.
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Studies in French Applied Linguistics

Edited by Dalila Ayoun

Studies in French Applied Linguistics invites the reader to adopt a broad perspective on applied linguistics, illustrating the fascinating multifaceted work researchers are conducted in so many various, inter-connected subfields. The five chapters of the first part are dedicated to the first and… read more
[Language Learning & Language Teaching, 21] 2008. xiii, 400 pp.
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Topics in Language Resources for Translation and Localisation

Edited by Elia Yuste Rodrigo

Language Resources (LRs) are sets of language data and descriptions in machine readable form, such as written and spoken language corpora, terminological databases, computational lexica and dictionaries, and linguistic software tools. Over the past few decades, mainly within research environments,… read more
[Benjamins Translation Library, 79] 2008. xii, 220 pp.
Other subjects Translation Studies
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Child Second Language Acquisition: A bi-directional study of English and Italian tense-aspect morphology

Sonia Rocca

As one of the first books in child second language acquisition (SLA), this book focuses on the core area of tense-aspect morphology, reporting on three L1-Italian children learning L2 English vs. three L1-English children learning L2 Italian. An innovative longitudinal/bidirectional research… read more
[Studies in Bilingualism, 35] 2007. xvi, 240 pp.
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Discourse in Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) Classrooms

Christiane Dalton-Puffer

The label CLIL stands for classrooms where a foreign language (English) is used as a medium of instruction in content subjects. This book provides a first in-depth analysis of the kind of communicative abilities which are embodied in such CLIL classrooms. It examines teacher and student talk at… read more
[Language Learning & Language Teaching, 20] 2007. xii, 330 pp.
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EUROSLA Yearbook: Volume 7 (2007)

Edited by Leah Roberts, Ayşe Gürel, Sibel Tatar and Leyla Martı

The annual conference of the European Second Language Association provides an opportunity for the presentation of second language research with a genuinely European flavour. The theoretical perspectives adopted are wide-ranging and may fall within traditions overlooked elsewhere. Moreover, the… read more
[EUROSLA Yearbook, 7] 2007. iv, 207 pp.
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French Applied Linguistics

Edited by Dalila Ayoun

This state-of-the-art volume on French Applied Linguistics includes two introductory chapters, the first summarizes the past, present and future of French in applied linguistics, and the second reviews the history of French from a sociolinguistic perspective. The six chapters of the first part… read more
[Language Learning & Language Teaching, 16] 2007. xvi, 560 pp.
Other subjects Romance linguistics
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Language as Action

Edited by Maurice Nevile and Johanna Rendle-Short

Special issue of Australian Review of Applied Linguistics 30:3 (2007) 108 pp. | Open Access logo open access
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Learning and Teaching Languages Through Content: A counterbalanced approach

Roy Lyster

Based on a synthesis of classroom SLA research that has helped to shape evolving perspectives of content-based instruction since the introduction of immersion programs in Montreal more than 40 years ago, this book presents an updated perspective on integrating language and content in ways that… read more
[Language Learning & Language Teaching, 18] 2007. xii, 172 pp.
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Linguistic inequality in scientific communication today: What can future applied linguistics do to mitigate disadvantages for non-anglophones?. AILA Review, Volume 20

Edited by Augusto Carli and Ulrich Ammon

This volume is dedicated to the implications and consequences of the almost exclusive use of English as the language of scientific communication. While until the end of the Seventies of the last century, scientific communication was characterized by a high degree of shared multilingualism, a… read more
[AILA Review, 20] 2007. 137 pp.
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Memory, Psychology and Second Language Learning

Mick Randall

This book explores the contributions that cognitive linguistics and psychology, including neuropsychology, have made to the understanding of the way that second languages are processed and learnt. It examines areas of phonology, word recognition and semantics, examining ‘bottom-up’ decoding… read more
[Language Learning & Language Teaching, 19] 2007. x, 220 pp.
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A Pragmatic Analysis of Legal Proofs of Criminal Intent

Sol Azuelos-Atias

A Pragmatic Analysis of Legal Proofs of Criminal Intent is a detailed investigation of proofs of criminal intent in Israeli courtrooms. The book analyses linguistic, pragmatic, interpretative and argumentative strategies used by Israeli lawyers and judges in order to examine the defendant’s… read more
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Receptive Multilingualism: Linguistic analyses, language policies and didactic concepts

Edited by Jan D. ten Thije and Ludger Zeevaert

Receptive multilingualism refers to the language constellation in which interlocutors use their respective mother tongue while speaking to each other. Since the mid-nineties receptive multilingualism is promoted by the European commission on par with other possibilities of increasing the mobility… read more
[Hamburg Studies on Multilingualism, 6] 2007. x, 328 pp.
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Address from a World Perspective

Edited by Heinz L. Kretzenbacher, Catrin Norrby and Jane Warren

Special issue of Australian Review of Applied Linguistics 29:2 (2006) 126 pp. | Open Access logo open access
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EUROSLA Yearbook: Volume 6 (2006)

Edited by Susan H. Foster-Cohen, Marta Medved Krajnovic and Jelena Mihaljević Djigunović

The annual conference of the European Second Language Association provides an opportunity for the presentation of second language research with a genuinely European flavour. The theoretical perspectives adopted are wide-ranging and may fall within traditions overlooked elsewhere. Moreover, the… read more
[EUROSLA Yearbook, 6] 2006. iv, 261 pp.
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Goals for Academic Writing: ESL students and their instructors

Edited by Alister Cumming

This book documents the results of a multi-year project that investigated the goals for writing improvement among 45 students and their instructors in intensive courses of English as a Second Language (ESL) then, a year later, in academic programs at two Canadian universities. The researchers… read more
[Language Learning & Language Teaching, 15] 2006. xii, 204 pp.
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Heritage Language Development: Focus on East Asian Immigrants

Edited by Kimi Kondo-Brown

This collection of studies investigates the individual, micro-psychological, and macro-societal factors that promote or discourage the development of child and young adult heritage language learners’ spoken and written skills in East Asian languages (Chinese, Japanese, and Korean). The research… read more
[Studies in Bilingualism, 32] 2006. x, 282 pp.
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Inference and Generalizability in Applied Linguistics: Multiple perspectives

Edited by Micheline Chalhoub-Deville, Carol A. Chapelle and Patricia A. Duff

Concepts such as dependability/generalization and inferences are dealt with implicitly or explicitly in any research undertaken in applied linguistics. This volume provides a well-balanced and cross-disciplinary perspective on how researchers conceptualize inferences about learner acquisition and… read more
[Language Learning & Language Teaching, 12] 2006. vi, 248 pp.
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Readings in Second Language Pedagogy and Second Language Acquisition: In Japanese Context

Edited by Asako Yoshitomi, Tae Umino and Masashi Negishi

The selected contributions of this volume focus on various issues related to second language pedagogy and second language acquisition in the Japanese context. Part I covers such topics as discourse pragmatics and cross-cultural pragmatics in language teaching; the instruction of conversation… read more
[Usage-Based Linguistic Informatics, 4] 2006. vi, 274 pp.
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Synthesizing Research on Language Learning and Teaching

Edited by John M. Norris and Lourdes Ortega

This volume presents the first collection of work on research synthesis in applied linguistics. It introduces readers­ ­to a cutting-edge approach for reviewing and summarizing exactly what accumulated research has to say about theoretical and practical subjects. John Norris and Lourdes Ortega… read more
[Language Learning & Language Teaching, 13] 2006. xiv, 349 pp.
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Task-Based Language Teaching

Edited by Kris Van den Branden and Machteld Verhelst

Special issue of ITL - International Journal of Applied Linguistics 152 (2006) ca. 160 pp.
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Teacher Education in CALL

Edited by Philip Hubbard and Mike Levy

This volume addresses the need for a more considered and systematic approach to teacher education and training in Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL), in all its forms: Technology Enhanced Language Learning, Network-Based Language Learning, Information and Communication Technologies for… read more
[Language Learning & Language Teaching, 14] 2006. xii, 354 pp.
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Themes in SLA Research. AILA Review, Volume 19

Edited by Kathleen Bardovi-Harlig and Zoltán Dörnyei

This issue of AILA Review contains the proceedings of a special symposium of the AILA Scientific Commission of Second Language Acquisition at the 2005 AILA Congress in Madison, WI, USA. Seven international experts in the field of SLA – Bardovi-Harlig, Dörnyei, N. Ellis, R. Ellis, Gass, Kasper,… read more
[AILA Review, 19] 2006. 132 pp.
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Applied Linguistics in Latin America. AILA Review, Volume 18

Edited by Kanavillil Rajagopalan

The focus of AILA Review 18 is on Latin America, a huge land mass stretching over as many as 33 different nations and another 13 political units. Applied linguistics has come of age in Latin America and is currently in a state of great activity. This AILA Review volume is testimony of this… read more
[AILA Review, 18] 2005. 100 pp.
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EUROSLA Yearbook: Volume 5 (2005)

Edited by Susan H. Foster-Cohen, María del Pilar García Mayo and Jasone Cenoz

The annual conference of the European Second Language Association provides an opportunity for the presentation of second language research with a genuinely European flavour. The theoretical perspectives adopted are wide-ranging and may fall within traditions overlooked elsewhere. Moreover, the… read more
[EUROSLA Yearbook, 5] 2005. iv, 281 pp.
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Linguistic Informatics – State of the Art and the Future: The first international conference on Linguistic Informatics

Edited by Yuji Kawaguchi, Susumu Zaima, Toshihiro Takagaki, Kohji Shibano and Mayumi Usami

It is widely believed that linguistic theories and information technology have considerably influenced foreign language education. However, the collaboration of these three domains has not brought about new scientific results. It it thus, our attempt to realize an integration of theoretical and… read more
[Usage-Based Linguistic Informatics, 1] 2005. viii, 363 pp.
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Planning and Task Performance in a Second Language

Edited by Rod Ellis

The last decade has seen a growing body of research investigating various aspects of L2 learners’ performance of tasks. This book focuses on one task implementation variable: planning. It considers theories of how opportunities to plan a task affect performance and tests claims derived from these… read more
[Language Learning & Language Teaching, 11] 2005. viii, 313 pp.
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EUROSLA Yearbook: Volume 4 (2004)

Edited by Susan H. Foster-Cohen, Michael Sharwood Smith, Antonella Sorace and Mitsuhiko Ota

[EUROSLA Yearbook, 4] 2004. iv, 274 pp.
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Linguistics Today – Facing a Greater Challenge

Edited by Piet van Sterkenburg

Every five years the Permanent International Committee of Linguists (CIPL) organises a world congress for linguists. And every five years the Committee faces the challenge of presenting a programme at the highest possible level. The CIPL Executive Committee decided for the Congress planned for 2003… read more
[Not in series, 126] 2004. viii, 367 pp. (incl. CD Rom)
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Translation in Undergraduate Degree Programmes

Edited by Kirsten Malmkjær

This book brings together an international team of leading translation teachers and researchers to address concerns that are central in translation pedagogy. The authors address the location and weighting in translation curricula of learning and training, theory and practice, and the relationships… read more
[Benjamins Translation Library, 59] 2004. vi, 202 pp.
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World Applied Linguistics: A Celebration of AILA at 40. AILA Review, Volume 17

Edited by Susan M. Gass and Sinfree Makoni

Volume 17 of AILA Review will focus on Applied Linguistics as an international discipline. Authors from various regions of the world will focus on the following questions: What has been the development of Applied Linguistics in your region? What are current issues being dealt with in Applied… read more
[AILA Review, 17] 2004. 143 pp.
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Annual Review of Language Acquisition: Volume 3 (2003)

Edited by Lynn Santelmann, Maaike Verrips, Frank Wijnen and Clara Levelt

[Annual Review of Language Acquisition, 3] 2003. vi, 180 pp.
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Asian Languages and Computers

Edited by Debra Hoven and Jeong-Bae Son

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EUROSLA Yearbook: Volume 3 (2003)

Edited by Susan H. Foster-Cohen and Simona Pekarek Doehler

[EUROSLA Yearbook, 3] 2003. 
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English Language Learning and Technology: Lectures on applied linguistics in the age of information and communication technology

Carol A. Chapelle

This book explores implications for applied linguistics of recent developments in technologies used in second language teaching and assessment, language analysis, and language use. Focusing primarily on English language learning, the book identifies significant areas of interplay between technology… read more
[Language Learning & Language Teaching, 7] 2003. xvi, 213 pp. | Open Access logo open access
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Appraising Research in Second Language Learning: A practical approach to critical analysis of quantitative research

Graeme Keith Porte

Designed for students of applied linguistics and TEFL on research training courses, practising language teachers, and those in training, this combination textbook/workbook is the first to provide specific advice and support to those wishing to learn how to approach the critical analysis of a… read more
[Language Learning & Language Teaching, 3] 2002. xx, 268 pp.
Other subjects Language acquisition
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Language in Language Teacher Education

Edited by Hugh Trappes-Lomax and Gibson Ferguson

This volume explores the defining element in the work of language teacher educators: language itself. The book is in two parts. The first part holds up to scrutiny concepts of language that underlie much practice in language teacher education yet too frequently remain under-examined. These include… read more
[Language Learning & Language Teaching, 4] 2002. vi, 258 pp.
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Language Centres: Their roles, functions and management

David Ingram

Language centres serve an important role in the development and implementation of language policy and in supporting language teachers. This book describes five language centres, the Centre for Information on Language Teaching and Research (London), the European Centre for Modern Languages (Graz),… read more
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Discourse Analysis and Language Teaching

Edited by Eva Alcón-Soler and Josep R. Guzman Pitarch

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Negotiated Interaction in Target Language Classroom Discourse

Jamila Boulima

This book addresses some of the most fundamental questions that can be asked about target language (TL) acquisition in the classroom context, namely1. What is negotiated interaction?2. What are the main discourse functions of negotiated interaction?3. How frequent is negotiated interaction in TL… read more
[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series, 51] 1999. xiv, 338 pp.
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Issues in the Teaching and Learning of Japanese

Edited by Nicolette Bramley and Naoko Hanamura

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Language Policy: Dominant English, Pluralist Challenges

Edited by William Eggington and Helen Wren

‘Think globally, act locally’ is the message of Language Policy: Dominant English, Pluralist Challenges. The book examines the impact of English in countries in which it is taken for granted — Australia, Britain, Canada, New Zealand, and the USA. It explores how the dominance of English impacts on… read more
[Not in series, 83] 1997. xxviii, 170 pp.
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Perspectives on Foreign Language Policy: Studies in honor of Theo van Els

Edited by Theo Bongaerts and Kees de Bot

This volume, containing fourteen invited papers on foreign-language policy, starts off with a brief history of foreign-language teaching policy in the Netherlands. This historical outline is followed by four contributions of authors who once developed the Dutch National Action Programme (NAP) on… read more
[Not in series, 81] 1997. viii, 224 pp.
Other subjects Language teaching
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Teaching Languages, Teaching Culture

Edited by Anthony J. Liddicoat and Chantal Crozet

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The Language Testing Cycle: From inception to washback

Edited by Gillian Wigglesworth and Catherine Elder

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The Acquisition of Temporality in a Second Language

Rainer Dietrich, Wolfgang Klein and Colette Noyau

This is the second volume of the SiBil series to present results from the European Science Foundation's project 'Second language acquisition by adult immigrants'. It deals specifically with the acquisition of temporality in five European languages: Dutch, English, French, German and Swedish,… read more
[Studies in Bilingualism, 7] 1995. xii, 288 pp.
Other subjects Semantics | Syntax
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Interlanguage and Learnability: From Chinese to English

Virginia Yip

This book investigates a set of structures characteristic of Chinese speakers' English interlanguage (CIL) in the light of grammatical theory and principles of learnability. As a study of CIL grammar, it illuminates both the theory of interlanguage syntax in general and some specific problems in… read more
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Language International World Directory of Sociolinguistic and Language Planning Organizations

Compiled by Francesc Domínguez and Núria López

This directory gives guidance in the complicated world of sociolinguistic and language planning organizations, giving structural information on regional, national, provincial and community level, both public and private. Each entry gives full details, including full addresses, phone/fax numbers,… read more
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Functional Literacy: Theoretical issues and educational implications

Edited by Ludo Verhoeven

The purpose of the volume is to open up new perspectives in the study of literacy by bringing together current research findings from linguistics, psychology, sociology and anthropology. The book divides into five parts. The first part deals with theoretical questions related to the definition and… read more
[Studies in Written Language and Literacy, 1] 1994. viii, 493 pp.
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Language Planning in Multilingual Contexts: Policies, communities, and schools in Luxembourg

Kathryn A. Davis

This volume examines the sociocultural factors that influence language choices and uses in the multilingual country of Luxembourg. Patterns of language use within and across communities are viewed in terms of interrelationships among language policy intent, implementation, and experience. The study… read more
[Studies in Bilingualism, 8] 1994. xix, 220 pp.
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Linguistic Minorities in Multilingual Settings: Implications for language policies

Christina Bratt Paulston

The 19th-century European notion of the one people-one language nation as the ideal state has been a very pervasive influence in spite of the fact that most countries in the world today are multilingual, that is they contain ethnic groups in contact and not infrequently in competition. Such… read more
[Studies in Bilingualism, 4] 1994. xi, 136 pp.
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Knowledge of Reflexives in a Second Language

Margaret Thomas

This study addresses the debate about whether adult language learners have access to the principles and parameters of universal grammar in constructing the grammar of a second language. The data are based on two related experiments. The first examines the interpretation of English reflexive… read more
Other subjects Language acquisition | Syntax
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Language and Gender in the Australian Context

Edited by Joanne Winter and Gillian Wigglesworth

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The Construct of Language Proficiency: Applications of psychological models to language assessment

Edited by Ludo Verhoeven and John H.A.L. de Jong

This books aims to open up new perspectives in the study of language proficiency by bringing together current research from different fields in psychology and linguistics. All contributions start out from empirical studies, which are then related to applications in language assessment. The book… read more
[Not in series, 62] 1992. viii, 212 pp.
Other subjects Psycholinguistics
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Language Teaching and Learning in Australia

Edited by Chris Mann and Richard B. Baldauf, Jr. †

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The Phonetics of Fingerspelling

Sherman Wilcox

We now know that natural signed languages such as American Sign Language, French Sign Language, British Sign Language and others are fully independent languages. But natural signed languages are only one way of conveying language in the visual/gestural modality. Signed languages also have… read more
Other subjects Phonetics
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Error Analysis: A comprehensive bibliography

Bernd Spillner

Errors are information. In contrastive linguistics, they are thought to be caused by unconscious transfer of mother tongue structures to the system of the target language and give information about both systems. In the interlanguage hypothesis of second language acquisition, errors are indicative… read more
Other subjects Psycholinguistics

Essays in honor of Joshua A. Fishman: Volume 1: Focus on Bilingual Education; Volume 2: Focus on Language Planning; Volume 3: Focus on Language and Ethnicity. 3 Volumes (set)

Edited by Ofelia García, James R. Dow and David F. Marshall

Three topical volumes including essays by distinguished scholars who have been influenced by the pioneer of the sociology of language, Joshua A. Fishman. In order to do justice to the multi-facetted scope of Fishman's writings, the editors chose to produce these Focusschriften on the occasion of… read more
[Not in series, FISHFEST S] 1991. 1000 pp.,3 vols
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Focus on Bilingual Education: Essays in honor of Joshua A. Fishman. Volume 1

Edited by Ofelia García

This volume contains interdisciplinary essays on bilingual education in various countries of the world. Some contributions deal with policy and curricular issues with regard to minority and majority language, some consider the enrichment aspect of bilingual education. Others focus on language… read more
[Not in series, FISHFEST 1] 1991. x, 348 pp.
Other subjects Multilingualism
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Language as Behaviour, Language as Code: A study of academic English

Lynne Young

This work arose from the desire to teach foreign students in North America a particular variety of language used in their disciplines (speech situations), whereupon the inadequacy or non-existence of previous study became apparent. Given this raison d'être, the work first illustrates one approach… read more
[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series, 8] 1990. ix, 304 pp.
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Dimensions of Language Attrition

Edited by Kees de Bot, Michael Clyne and T.J.M. van Els

Special issue of ITL - International Journal of Applied Linguistics 83/84 (1989) ca. 162 pp.
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Language Change and Variation

Edited by Ralph W. Fasold and Deborah Schiffrin

The study of language variation in social context continues to hold the attention of a large number of linguists. This research is promoted by the annual colloquia on New Ways of Analyzing Variation in English' (NWAVE). This volume is a selection of revised papers from the NWAVE XI, held at… read more
[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 52] 1989. viii, 450 pp.
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Universal Grammar and Second Language Acquisition

Lydia White

This book explores the relationship between linguistic universals and second language acquisition. Although no knowledge of generative grammar is presupposed, the theoretical framework underlying the work is the principles and parameters approach to Universal Grammar (UG), as realized in Chomsky's… read more
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Explanation and Linguistic Change

Edited by Willem F. Koopman, Frederike van der Leek, Olga Fischer and Roger Eaton

This volume presents the outcome of a workshop, held in Amsterdam in 1985, on the nature, even possibility, of explanation in Historical Linguistics: why changes take place and others do not, and why they occur at a particular time and place. The workshop, and this volume, aim to explore questions… read more
[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 45] 1987. viii, 300 pp.
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Orthography and Phonology

Edited by Philip A. Luelsdorff

Collected here are eleven papers devoted to various aspects of the orthography/phonology interface. Topics include spelling-to-sound correspondence for English, French, and Russian, the design of a generative phonology for orthography data-base access, the linguistic sign and orthographic and… read more
[Not in series, 29] 1987. xi, 238 pp.
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Introduction to Sociolinguistics

Aleksandr D. Švejcer and L.B. Nikol'skij

Translation from the original Russian edition. The first Soviet text-book on sociolinguistics, the book introduces the reader to some of its basic problems, such as language and social structure, language as a social factor, language and nation, language and culture, language and the sociology of… read more
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Volume 3

Edited by Tim F. McNamara

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Scientific and Humanistic Dimensions of Language: Festschrift for Robert Lado. On the Occasion of his 70th Birthday

Edited by Kurt R. Jankowsky

The volume has been written by a great variety of scholars and educators. Not only are the authors literally from all four corners of the world; they also represent, in spite of the large body of shared professional viewpoints and objectives, many different, even diverging, approaches,… read more
[Not in series, 22] 1985. lii, 614 pp.
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Toward an Understanding of Language: Charles Carpenter Fries in Perspective

Edited by Peter H. Fries and Nancy M. Fries

Charles C. Fries (1887-1967) was a major figure in American linguistics and language education during the first half of the 20th century. Theoretical innovation and practical implementation were important threads that ran throughout his work. Fries believed that the attempt to deal with practical… read more
[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 40] 1985. xvi, 384 pp.
Other subjects Theoretical linguistics
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Mercury: or the Secret and Swift Messenger: Shewing how a Man may with Privacy and Speed communicate his Thoughts to a Friend at any distance. Reprinted from the third edition (1708)

John Wilkins

Works of the Right Reverend John Wilkins' (1708). Together with an abstract of Dr. Wilkin's 'Essay towards a Real Character and a Philosophical Languages,' a sketch of the life of the author and an account of his writings. With an introductory essay on the Universal Language Movement in England,… read more
[Foundations of Semiotics, 6] 1984. cix, 124 pp.
Other subjects Philosophy
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Transfer and Interference in Language: A Selected Bibliography

Compiled by Hans W. Dechert, Monika Brüggemeier and Dietmar Fütterer

The topic of this bibliography in its broadest sense is the subject of a wide range of academic disciplines. Given these circumstances, the particular associations and connotations of the terms ‘transfer’ and ‘interference’ in each of these areas are legion, with resultant differences in meaning in… read more
Other subjects Language acquisition
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Papers of the workshop on Language and Prosody

Edited by Karel van den Eynde and Nicole Delbecque

Special issue of ITL - International Journal of Applied Linguistics 60/61 (1983) ca. 158 pp.
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'The boat's gonna leave': A study of children learning a second language from conversations with other children

Anca M. Nemoianu

This essay attempts to show how a second language is acquired by very young children in the process of socialization with other children. The study seeks to integrate the process of second language learning in the general framework of child development, concentrating in particular on the… read more
[Pragmatics & Beyond, I:1] 1980. vi, 116 pp.
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Resümierende Auswahlbibliographie zur Neueren Sowjetischen Sprachlehrforschung: (gesteuerter Fremdsprachenerwerb)

Rupprecht S. Baur

Die vorliegende Bibliographie ist das erste Ergebnis eines von der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft von 1974 bis 1978 geförderten Forschungsprojekts. Sie gibt einen Uberblick über Stand und Entwicklung der Sprachlehr- und Sprachlernforschung in der UdSSR für den Bereich des gesteuerten… read more
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