Routledge Handbook of Second Language Acquisition and Corpora (The)

Nicole Tracy-Ventura

ISBN 10: 0367635747 / ISBN 13: 9780367635749

Published by Routledge, 2024

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Routledge Handbook of Second Language Acquisition and Corpora (The)
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0367635747
• ISBN 13: 9780367635749
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Brand New

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

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.