1st Edition
The Routledge Handbook of Second Language Acquisition and Corpora
The Routledge Handbook of Second Language Acquisition and Corpora is a state-of-the-art collection of cutting-edge scholarship at the intersection of second language acquisition and learner corpus research. It draws on data-driven, statistical analysis to outline the background, methods, and outcomes of language learning, with a range of global experts providing detailed guidelines and findings.
The volume is organized into five sections:
- Methodological and theoretical contributions to the study of learner language using corpora – setting the scene
- Key aspects in corpus design, annotation, and analysis for SLA
- Corpora in SLA theory and practice
- SLA constructs and corpora
- Future directions
This is a ground-breaking collection of essays offering incisive and essential reading for anyone with an interest in second language acquisition, learner corpus research, and applied linguistics.
1. Second Language Acquisition and Corpora: An overview, Nicole Tracy-Ventura & Magali Paquot
PART I: Setting the Scene
2. Introduction to Corpus Linguistics, Vaclav Brezina & Tony McEnery
3. Introduction to Learner Corpus Research, Fanny Meunier
4. Introduction to SLA, Jennifer Behney & Emma Marsden
PART II: Key Aspects in Corpus Design and Corpuse Use for SLA
5. Designing Learner Corpora: Collection, Transcription, and Annotation, Philippa Bell & Caroline Payant
6. Analyzing A Learner Corpus with a Concordancer, Sandra Götz
7. Error Analysis, María Belén Díez-Bedmar
8. Comparing Learner Corpora, Sandra C. Deshors & Stefan Th. Gries
9. Statistical Analyses of Learner Corpus Data, Stefan Th. Gries & Sandra C. Deshors
10. Combining Learner Corpora and Experimental Methodss, Gaetanelle Gilquin
11. Overview of Available Learner Corpora, Julieta Fernandez & Tracy S. Davis
12. TalkBank for SLA, Brian MacWhinney
PART III: The Role of Corpora in SLA Theory and Practice
13. Usage-based Approaches, Stefanie Wulff
14. Complex Dynamic Systems Theory (CDST), Marjolijn Verspoor & Wander Lowie
15. Processability Theory and Corpora, Carrie Bonilla
16. Generative Approaches, Cristóbal Lozano
17. Variationist Approaches, Aarnes Gudmestad
18. Pragmatic Approaches, Julieta Fernandez & Shelley Staples
19. Corpora and Instruced Second Language Acquisition, Rosamond Mitchell
PART IV: SLA Constructs and Corpora
20. Input, Anita Thomas & Annelie Ädel
21. Interaction, Nicole Ziegler & Alison Mackey
22. Fluency, Amanda Huensch
23. Accuracy, Jennifer Thewissen
24. Complexity, Nina Vyatkina & Alex Housen
25. Lexis, Kristopher Kyle
26. Crosslinguistic influence, Ann-Kristin Helland Gujord
27. Variability, Dana Gablasova
28. Formulaicity, Fanny Forsberg Lundell
29. Context, Joseph Collentine
30. Individual Differences, Elma Kerz & Daniel Wiechmann
PART V: Future Directions
31. The Future of Corpora in SLA, Nicole Tracy-Ventura, Magali Paquot, & Florence Myles
Biography
Nicole Tracy-Ventura is Assistant Professor of Applied Linguistics at West Virginia University. Her research focuses on second language acquisition, study abroad, task-based language teaching, longitudinal research methods, and corpus linguistics. She is a founding member of the Languages and Social Networks Abroad Project (LANGSNAP).
Magali Paquot is FNRS Research Associate at the Centre for English Corpus Linguistics, UCLouvain. She specializes in the use of learner corpora to study key topics in SLA and is particularly interested in methodological issues. She is co-editor in chief of the International Journal of Learner Corpus Research and one of the founding members of the Learner Corpus Research Association.
