The Handbook of Advanced Proficiency in Second Language Acquisition: Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics

Paul A. Malovrh is Associate Professor of Hispanic Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition, University of South Carolina, USA. His recent work emphasizes advanced-level language proficiency and explores its relationship with globalization and curricular design, as well as the effect of different instructional approaches on foreign-language processing, learning, and retention. Alessandro G. Benati is Director of CAES at The University of Hong Kong (HKU). He is known for his work in second language acquisition and second language teaching. He has published ground-breaking research on the pedagogical framework called Processing Instruction. He is co-editor of a new online series for Cambridge University Press, a member of the REF Panel 2021, and Honorary Professor at York St John University.

Notes on Contributors ix Acknowledgments xvii 1 Introduction 1 Paul A. Malovrh and Alessandro G. Benati Part I Advanced L2 Capacity: Orientations on Acquisition 7 2 Systemic Functional Linguistics and Advanced Second Language Proficiency 9 Marianna Ryshina-Pankova 3 Psycholinguistic Approaches and Advanced Proficiency 30 Leah Roberts 4 What Does Critical Period Research Reveal about Advanced L2 Proficiency? 51 Michael H. Long, Gisela Granena, and Fátima Montero 5 Generative Approaches to Second Language (L2) Acquisition and Advanced L2 Proficiency 72 Jason Rothman, Fatih Bayram, Tanja Kupisch, Terje Lohndal, and Marit Westergaard 6 Interaction-Driven L2 Learning: Advanced Learners 94 Nicole Ziegler and Lara Bryfonski 7 Sociocultural Theory: Mediating Learners toward Advanced Proficiency 114 Matthew E. Poehner Part II Advanced Proficiency and Performance: Multiple Dimensions and Contexts 131 8 Advanced-Level Grammatical Development in Instructed SLA 133 Heidi Byrnes 9 Individual Differences in Advanced Proficiency 157 Paula Winke and Susan M. Gass 10 The Prior Language Experience of Heritage Bilinguals 179 Cristina Sanz and Julio Torres 11 Meeting the Demands of Globalization: One Goal of ISLA Research 199 Paul A. Malovrh and Nina Moreno 12 Task Condition Effects on Advanced-Level Foreign Language Performance 219 Gavin Bui, Peter Skehan, and Zhan Wang Part III Advanced Phonology 239 13 Advanced-Level L2 Phonology 241 John Archibald 14 Markedness and Advanced Development 264 Fred R. Eckman 15 Advanced Second Language Segmental and Suprasegmental Acquisition 282 Kazuya Saito 16 Connected Speech in Advanced-Level Phonology 304 Burcu Gokgoz-Kurt and D. Eric Holt 17 Voice Onset Time in Advanced SLA 323 Alfonso Morales-Front Part IV Advanced Grammar 341 18 Advanced-Level Mood Distinction 343 Aarnes Gudmestad 19 Advanced Conceptualizations of Tense and Aspect in L2 Acquisition 361 M. Rafael Salaberry 20 Inflectional Morphology 381 Roumyana Slabakova 21 Advanced Lexical Development 401 Stuart A. Webb 22 Word Order and Information Structure in Advanced SLA 419 Cristobal Lozano and Marcus Callies 23 Advanced-Level Semantics 442 Tania Ionin Part V Advanced-Level Pragmatics, Discourse, and Sociocultural Literacy 461 24 Advanced-Level Pragmatics in Instructed SLA 463 Feng Xiao 25 Advanced Reading Proficiency in Collegiate Foreign Language Learners 483 Keiko Koda and Sihui Echo Ke 26 Advanced Second Language Pragmatic Competence 505 Naoko Taguchi 27 Advanced Rhetoric and Socially Situated Writing 527 Gregg Fields and Paul Kei Matsuda 28 Variable Structures and Sociolinguistic Variation 547 Kimberly L. Geeslin Index 566