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
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.
