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Construction Learning as a Complex Adaptive System

Psycholinguistic Evidence from L2 Learners of English

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  • © 2015

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Authors:
  1. Annalisa Baicchi

    1. Dept. of Humanities, Section of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

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  • Takes a multidisciplinary approach to language learning
  • Appeals to a wide range of readers, in a range of fields in education
  • Advances our understanding of constructions as the building blocks of language learning
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Education (BRIEFSEDUCAT)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Constructional Approaches to Language Complexity

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Introduction: Theoretical Prerequisites

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      Pages 3-8

    3. Complex Adaptive Systems: The Case of Language

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      Pages 9-31

    4. The Complex Dynamics of Meaning Construction

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      Pages 33-47

    5. Construction Grammar(s)

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      Pages 49-75

  3. Experimental Studies. Psycholinguistic Evidence of Constructional Meaning

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 77-77
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    2. Introduction: Priming

      • Annalisa Baicchi
      Pages 79-86

    3. Sentence-Sorting Experiment

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      Pages 87-97

    4. Sentence-Elicitation Experiment

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      Pages 99-110

    5. Sentence-Completion Experiment

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      Pages 111-119

    6. Concluding Remarks

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      Pages 121-131
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About this book

This book presents the current state of the art on Construction Grammar models and usage-based language learning research. It reports on three psycholinguistic experiments conducted with the participation of university-level Italian learners of English, whose second language proficiency corresponds to levels B1 and B2 of the ‘Common European Framework of Reference for Languages’ (CEFR). This empirical research on the role of constructions in the facilitation of language learning contributes to assessing how bilinguals deal with L2 constructions in the light of sentence-sorting, sentence-elicitation, and sentence-completion tasks. Divided into two parts, the book first introduces the main theoretical prerequisites and then reports on the experimental studies. It provides a comprehensive review of the current research in a range of disciplines, including complexity theories, cognitive semantics, construction grammars, usage-based linguistics, and language learning.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Dept. of Humanities, Section of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

    Annalisa Baicchi

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Construction Learning as a Complex Adaptive System

  • Book Subtitle: Psycholinguistic Evidence from L2 Learners of English

  • Authors: Annalisa Baicchi

  • Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Education

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-18269-8

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Author(s) 2015

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-18268-1Published: 06 May 2015

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-18269-8Published: 25 April 2015

  • Series ISSN: 2211-1921

  • Series E-ISSN: 2211-193X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 131

  • Number of Illustrations: 10 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Language Education, Learning & Instruction, Educational Psychology

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