Description: Advances in Learner Corpus Research (LCR) and Second Language Acquisition (SLA) have brought these two fast-moving fields significantly closer in recent years. This volume brings together contributions from internationally recognized experts in both LCR and SLA to provide an innovative, cross-collaborative examination of how both areas can provide rich insights for the other. Chapters present recent advances in LCR and illustrate in a clear and accessible style how these can be exploited for the study of a broad range of key topics in SLA, such as complexity, tense and aspect, cross-linguistic influence vs. universal processes, phraseology and variability. It concludes with two commentary chapters written by eminent scholars, one from the perspective of SLA, the other from the perspective of LCR, allowing researchers and students alike to reflect upon the mutually beneficial harmony between the two fields and link up LCR and SLA research and theory.
Brief description: Bert Le Bruyn is an Assistant Professor at Utrecht University. He is an expert on semantic language variation with a solid background in corpus linguistics. He has received both a VENI grant in 2014, for his work focusing on the semantics and L2 acquisition of referentiality and another grant in 2016 for his corpus-based project with Henriëtte de Swart, Time in Translation.
Review Quotes: Learner Corpus Research Meets Second Language Acquisition 'The book successfully shows the potential for the fields of SLA and LCR to be mutually beneficial. ... a great introduction to SLA researchers who are looking for a fresh perspective on learner language.' Trevor Sitler, JALT Journal