Usage-based models of second language acquisition: Language use in context and additional language learning
Publication Date
7-7-2023
Document Type
Contribution to a Book
Publication Title
The Handbook of Usage-Based Linguistics
DOI
10.1002/9781119839859.ch19
First Page
345
Last Page
361
Abstract
Usage-based theories provide helpful frameworks and tools for the study of language in its various contexts of interaction. This chapter explores the application of these approaches to the study of second language (L2) acquisition. It begins with an overview of usage-based approaches, paying special attention to the way they capture information about L2s. Next, approaches to the study of L2 acquisition that draw from, ascribe to, or are compatible with usage-based linguistics are outlined and examples are provided of recent applications of this theory to the empirical study of L2s. Usage-based linguistics focuses on constructions, or form-meaning pairings, as the unit of language learning. Thus, usage-based studies of L2 acquisition have explored the trajectories and processes by which L2 learners move from specific, concrete instances or exemplars of particular constructions to increasing abstraction and creativity.
Keywords
Language learning, Second language acquisition, Usage-based linguistics, Usage-based theories
Department
World Languages and Literatures
Recommended Citation
Kimberly L. Geeslin, Danielle Daidone, Avizia Yim Long, and Megan Solon. "Usage-based models of second language acquisition: Language use in context and additional language learning" The Handbook of Usage-Based Linguistics (2023): 345-361. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119839859.ch19
