Conference selection

PSLLT 2023

West Lafayette, IN, September 6-8, 2023

John Benjamins will be present at PSLLT 2023. 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.vaesbenjamins.nl

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Check out our selection of top titles for this conference!

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Z 231

The Art and Architecture of Academic Writing

Patricia Prinz and Birna Arnbjörnsdóttir

This book is a bridge to confident academic writing for advanced non-native English users. It emphasizes depth over breadth through mastery of core writing competencies and strategies which apply to most academic disciplines and genres. Tailored to students in EMI programs, the content was piloted and revised during a... full description

September 2021. x, 299 pp.

BPA 15

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.

BPA 16

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.

Z 242

English Complex Words

Exercises in construction and translation

Piotr Twardzisz

English Complex Words is a lively, essential companion for multilingual explorations of word-formation processes, both in English and across 40 other languages. It offers today’s broadest available coverage of English prefixation, suffixation and compounding. Comprising a treasury of real language items, this book... full description

June 2023. xi, 392 pp.

AALS 19

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 that are central to... full description

October 2021. xix, 388 pp.

RMAL 1

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 introductory... full description

October 2021. xi, 162 pp.

BCT 121

The Evolution of Pronunciation Teaching and Research

25 years of intelligibility, comprehensibility, and accentedness

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

Inspired by Murray Munro and Tracey Derwing’s 1995 seminal study of intelligibility, comprehensibility, and accentedness, this book revisits the insights of their original research and presents subsequent studies extending this work to new ways of understanding second language speech. By rejecting the nativeness... full description

June 2022. v, 234 pp.

Z 232

Grammar of Spoken and Written English

Douglas Biber, Stig Johansson, Geoffrey N. Leech, Susan Conrad and Edward Finegan

The completely redesigned Grammar of Spoken and Written English is a comprehensive corpus-based reference grammar. GSWE describes the structural characteristics of grammatical constructions in English, as do other reference grammars. But GSWE is unique in that it gives equal attention to describing the patterns of... full description

November 2021. xxxv, 1220 pp.

RMAL 3

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

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

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

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.

LL&LT 57

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 understandings and... full description

January 2022. x, 196 pp.

ILLA 1

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 edited volume is... full description

June 2023. x, 172 pp.

RMAL 4

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 present volume... full description

February 2023. ix, 393 pp.

LL&LT 42

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 ramifications for pedagogy.... full description

July 2015. xiii, 208 pp.

RMAL 2

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 scene, it can also... full description

September 2022. xv, 325 pp.

RMAL 5

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 studies of composing... full description

October 2023. vi, 387 pp.

BPA 14

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.

BPA 13

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

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.