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Presents studies using forms of measurement and quantitative analysis current in diverse areas of linguistic research from language assessment to language change, from generative linguistics to experimental psycholinguistics, and from longitudinal studies to classroom research.
List of contents
Introduction Jeff Connor-Linton and Luke Wander Amoroso1. The Ubiquitous Oral versus Literate Dimension: A Survey of Multidimensional Studies Douglas Biber2. When Ethnicity Isn't Just About Ethnicity Penelope Eckert3. Does Language Zipf Right Along? Investigating Robustness in the Latent Structures of Usage and Acquisition Nick C. Ellis, Matthew Brook O'Donnell, and Ute Romer4. Subjectivity and Efficiency in Language Assessment: Explorations of a Compensatory Rating Approach Steven J. Ross5. Subgrouping in Nusa Tenggara: The Case of Bima-Sumba Emily Gasser6. Young Learners' Storytelling in Their First and Foreign Languages Yuko Goto Butler and Wei Zeng7. Measuring Quechua to Spanish Cross-Linguistic Influence Marilyn S. Manley8. Speedup versus Automatization: What Role Does Learner Proficiency Play? Jessica G. Cox and Anne M. Calderon9. Frequency Effects, Learning Conditions, and the Development of Implicit and Explicit Lexical Knowledge Phillip Hamrick and Patrick Rebuschat10. The Differential Role of Language Analytic Ability in Two Distinct Learning Conditions Nadia M. Profozic11. U-shaped Development: Definition, Exploration, and Falsifiable Hypotheses Hiroyuki Oshita12. Using Simulated Speech to Assess Japanese Learner Oral Proficiency Hitokazu Matsushita and Deryle Lonsdale13. Keys to College: Tracking English Language Proficiency and IELTS Test Scores in an International Undergraduate Conditional Admission Program in the United States Reese M. Heitner, Barbara J. Hoekje, and Patrick L. Braciszewski14. How Does Foreign Language Proficiency Change Over Time? Results of Data Mining Official Test Records Amber Bloomfield, Steven Ross, Megan Masters, Kassandra Gynther, and Stephen O'Connell15. The Development of Complexity in a Learner Corpus of German Colleen Neary-Sundquist Index
About the author
Jeff Connor-Linton is associate professor of Linguistics at Georgetown University and past president of the American Association for Applied Linguistics. Luke Wander Amoroso is a doctoral student in Georgetown's Linguistics program as well as a measurement/language testing expert with the US government and private companies.
Summary
Presents studies using forms of measurement and quantitative analysis current in diverse areas of linguistic research from language assessment to language change, from generative linguistics to experimental psycholinguistics, and from longitudinal studies to classroom research.
