The article focuses on the question as to what makes learning second-language grammar
difficult? If the ability to use language in the restricted sense is quintessentially human, then …

Formulaic language is at the heart of corpus linguistic research, and learner corpus research
(LCR) is no exception. As multiword units of all kinds (eg, collocations, phrasal verbs …

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 …

Winner of the 2011 Kenneth W. Mildenberger Prize Exploring fluency from multiple vantage
points that together constitute a cognitive science perspective, this book examines research …

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 …

Written by a team of leading experts working in different SLA specialisms, this fourth edition
is a clear and concise introduction to the main theories of second language acquisition …

Peer Interaction and Second Language Learning synthesizes the existing body of research
on the role of peer interaction in second language learning in one comprehensive volume …

This extremely up-to-date book, Speech Production and Second Language Acquisition, is
the first volume in the exciting new series, Cognitive Science and Second Language …

This paper considers how implicit and explicit knowledge are dissociable but cooperative. It
reviews various psychological and neurobiological processes by which explicit knowledge …

The concept of learner autonomy is often applied to the process and content of language
learning but not specifically to its intended outcome, the development of proficiency in a …