Conference selection

ISBPAC 2024

Swansea, 23-24 May 2024

John Benjamins will be present at ISBPAC 2024. Check out our promotional material and discount order form through the links below. Or come and browse our books at the exhibit. If you wish to talk about our books, your work, and possible publishing projects please get in touch with Kees Vaes at kees.vaes at benjamins.nl.

Check out our selection of top titles for this conference!


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TiLAR 30
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The Acquisition of Complex Morphology

Insights from Murrinhpatha

William Forshaw

Many theories of language acquisition struggle to account for the morphological complexity and diversity of the world’s languages. This book examines the acquisition of complex morphology of Murrinhpatha, a polysynthetic language of Northern Australia. It considers semi-naturalistic data from five children (1;9-6;1)... full description
October 2021. xvi, 171 pp.
SiBil 63
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The Acquisition of Gender

Crosslinguistic perspectives

Edited by Dalila Ayoun

Gender as a morphosyntactic feature is arguably “an endlessly fascinating linguistic category” (Corbett 2014: 1). One may even say it is among “the most puzzling of the grammatical categories” (Corbett 1991: 1) that has raised probing questions from various theoretical and applied perspectives. Most languages display... full description
January 2022. xi, 282 pp.
TiLAR 28
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The Acquisition of Referring Expressions

A dialogical approach

Edited by Anne Salazar-Orvig, Geneviève de Weck, Rouba Hassan and Annie Rialland

This book describes the repertoire and uses of referring expressions by French-speaking children and their interlocutors in naturally occurring dialogues at home and at school, in a wide range of communicative situations and activities. Through the lens of an interactionist and dialogical perspective, it highlights... full description
June 2021. xix, 372 pp.
BPA 17
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Bilingualism through the Prism of Psycholinguistics

In honour of Albert Costa

Edited by Mikel Santesteban, Jon Andoni Duñabeitia and Cristina Baus

Professor Albert Costa (1970-2018) was one of the most influential scholars in the fields of psycholinguistics and bilingualism. This book provides a faithful look at the most relevant lines of research in which he worked during his academic career. Written by some of his close collaborators and friends, the book... full description
September 2023. vi, 297 pp.
BPA 15
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Bilingualism, Language Development and Processing across the Lifespan

Julia Herschensohn

How does knowledge of a first or second language develop, and how is that knowledge used in real time comprehension and production of one or two languages? Language development and processing are the central topics that this book explores, initially in terms of first language(s) and then in terms of additional... full description
September 2022. xxi, 292 pp.
TiLAR 32
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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 implemented and task... full description
January 2023. xi, 236 pp.
BPA 16
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Cross-language Influences in Bilingual Processing and Second Language Acquisition

Edited by Irina Elgort, Anna Siyanova-Chanturia and Marc Brysbaert

A great majority of people around the world know more than one language. So, how does knowing one language affect the learning and use of additional languages? The question of cross-language influences is the focus of this book. Do bilinguals hear, understand, and produce language and meaning differently because of... full description
May 2023. vi, 321 pp.
TiLAR 27
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Current Perspectives on Child Language Acquisition

How children use their environment to learn

Edited by Caroline F. Rowland, Anna L. Theakston, Ben Ambridge and Katherine E. Twomey

In recent years the field has seen an increasing realisation that the full complexity of language acquisition demands theories that (a) explain how children integrate information from multiple sources in the environment, (b) build linguistic representations at a number of different levels, and (c) learn how to combine... full description
September 2020. ix, 330 pp.
BPA 11
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Input Processing and Processing Instruction

The acquisition of Italian and Modern Standard Arabic

Alessandro G. Benati

Input Processing is a theoretical framework on which the pedagogical paradigm called Processing Instruction is predicated. In this book, new data on the acquisition of Italian and Modern Standard Arabic are presented and analyzed within this framework. Each study in the book explores how input processing strategies... full description
September 2021. xv, 185 pp.
RMAL 3
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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 organized by four skill... full description
December 2022. xxiv, 388 pp.
LL&LT 59
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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, methodological, and... full description
August 2023. vii, 253 pp.
LL&LT 58
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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. Also included are... full description
April 2023. xxii, 343 pp.
SiBil 65
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L3 Development After the Initial State

Edited by Megan M. Brown-Bousfield, Suzanne Flynn and Éva Fernández-Berkes

To date, the field of L3 acquisition research has had a heavy focus on the initial state of the L3 grammar. While this initial state research is critical to understanding L3 acquisition as a whole, in order for an explanatory understanding of language acquisition in the multilingual mind, the field needs to expand its... full description
October 2023. vi, 275 pp.
BPA 18
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Language Acquisition in Romance Languages

Edited by Vicenç Torrens

The research presented in this volume covers first language acquisition, second language acquisition, language heritage and language impairment. Papers in this collection use a variety of experimental methods, such as eye-tracking, elicitation tasks, production tasks administered off-line and untimed, transcriptions... full description
Expected August 2024. viii, 305 pp. + index
TiLAR 29
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Language Impairment in Multilingual Settings

LITMUS in action across Europe

Edited by Sharon Armon-Lotem and Kleanthes K. Grohmann

COST Action IS0804 “Language Impairment in a Multilingual Society: Linguistic Patterns and the Road to Assessment” aimed to profile bilingual specific language impairment (biSLI) by establishing a network for research on the linguistic and cognitive abilities of bilingual children with SLI across different migrant... full description
November 2021. vi, 333 pp.
SiBil 66
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Multifaceted Multilingualism

Edited by Kleanthes K. Grohmann

This volume collects research on language, cognition, and communication in multilingualism. Apart from theoretical concerns including grammatical description, language-specific analyses, and modeling of multilingualism, different fields of study and research interests center around three core themes: The Early Years... full description
April 2024. x, 434 pp.
SiBil 67
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Multilingual Acquisition and Learning

An ecosystemic view to diversity

Edited by Elena Babatsouli

The volume espouses an ecosystemic standpoint on multilingual acquisition and learning, viewing language development and use as both ontogenesis and phylogenesis. Multilingualism is inclusively used to refer to sociolinguistic diversity and pluralism. Whether speech, writing, gesture, or body movement, language is a... full description
Expected June 2024. ix, 645 pp.
BPA 12
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Prediction in Second Language Processing and Learning

Edited by Edith Kaan and Theres Grüter

There is ample evidence that language users, including second-language (L2) users, can predict upcoming information during listening and reading. Yet it is still unclear when, how, and why language users engage in prediction, and what the relation is between prediction and learning. This volume presents a collection... full description
September 2021. xiii, 234 pp.
SiBil 62
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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 tribute to his career... full description
March 2021. viii, 359 pp.
BPA 14
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Second Language Acquisition Theory

The legacy of Professor Michael H. Long

Edited by Alessandro G. Benati and John W. Schwieter

Professor Michael H. Long (1945-2021) was one of the most influential scholars in the field of second language acquisition. This volume presents a set of chapters that honour some of his key contributions in language teaching and learning. Following a bibliometric analysis of the impact of his research to the field,... full description
August 2022. xxiv, 276 pp.
TiLAR 31
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Syntactic Priming in Language Acquisition

Representations, mechanisms and applications

Edited by Katherine Messenger

Syntactic priming is a naturally-occurring psycholinguistic phenomenon that has been used as an experimental manipulation to great effect: over the last 20 years, syntactic priming research with children of different backgrounds has added to our understanding of the mechanisms and stages of syntactic development and... full description
September 2022. viii, 226 pp.
LALD 64
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Typical and Impaired Processing in Morphosyntax

Edited by Vincent Torrens

The present volume presents research on language processing and language disorders. Topics range across typical language processing, child developmental language disorders, adult neurodegenerative disorders and neurological bases of typical or impaired brains. The chapters cover a number of linguistic phenomena,... full description
October 2020. vi, 305 pp.
BPA 13
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Understanding L2 Proficiency

Theoretical and meta-analytic investigations

Edited by Eun Hee Jeon and Yo In'nami

This edited volume is a collection of theoretical and empirical overviews of second language (L2) proficiency based on four skills: reading, writing, listening, and speaking. Each skill is reviewed in terms of how it has been conceptualized, measured, and studied over the years in relation to relevant (sub-)... full description
August 2022. xi, 388 pp.
SiBil 64
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Understanding Language and Cognition through Bilingualism

In honor of Ellen Bialystok

Edited by Gigi Luk, John A.E. Anderson and John G. Grundy

Bilingualism is a ubiquitous global phenomenon. Beyond being a language experience, bilingualism also entails a social experience, and it interacts with development and learning, with cognitive and neural consequences across the lifespan. The authors of this volume are world renowned experts across several... full description
June 2023. vi, 394 pp.