This article revisits earlier proposals that language learning is, in essence, the learning of
formulaic sequences and their interpretations; that this occurs at all levels of granularity from …

The advent of usage‐/exemplar‐based approaches has resulted in a major change in the
theoretical landscape of linguistics, but also in the range of methodologies that are brought …

Cognition is not just 'in the head'; it extends well beyond the skull and the skin. Non‐
Cartesian Cognitive Science views cognition as being embodied, environmentally …

Learning symbols and their arrangement in language involves learning associations across
and within modalities. Research on implicit learning and chunking within modalities (eg NC …

Summary Construction Grammar (CxG) has developed into a broad and highly diverse
family of approaches that have in common that they see constructions, ie form-meaning …

We performed an exhaustive meta-analysis of 73 peer-reviewed journal articles on syntactic
priming from the seminal Bock (1986) paper through 2013. Extracting the effect size for each …

This chapter introduces a cognitive-linguistic perspective on second language acquisition
(L2A). 1 Over the last 15 or so years, various aspects of L2 acquisition have been examined …

This book illustrates the ways that cognitive linguistics, a relatively new paradigm in
language studies, can illuminate and facilitate language research and teaching. The first …

Various approaches to second language acquisition (SLA) can be labeled as “usage-
based.” What unites these approaches is their commitment to two working hypotheses:(1) …

This book focuses on a number of contemporary mainstream theories in second language
(L2) acquisition research that have generated attention among scholars. Since the mid …