Karin Madlener-Charpentier

List of John Benjamins publications in which Karin Madlener-Charpentier is involved.

Title

Usage-based Perspectives on Language and Language Acquisition: In honour of Heike Behrens

Edited by Karin Madlener-Charpentier, Marjolijn H. Verspoor, Mirjam Weder and Annelies Häcki Buhofer

Over the last three decades, usage-based (UB) approaches have developed into a leading paradigm in research on language, language use, and (first and second) language acquisition. This volume shows how current UB approaches—embracing diverse perspectives, disciplines, and methodologies—place… read more

[Trends in Language Acquisition Research, 35] 2026. xx, 347 pp. + index | open access

Articles

Madlener-Charpentier, Karin, Marjolijn H. Verspoor and Mirjam Weder 2026 Introduction Usage-based Perspectives on Language and Language Acquisition: In honour of Heike Behrens, Madlener-Charpentier, Karin, Marjolijn H. Verspoor, Mirjam Weder and Annelies Häcki Buhofer (eds.), pp. 1–19 | Chapter

This introduction sketches current strands of UB research and outlines the structure of this edited volume, which pays tribute to Heike Behrens, who has contributed to and shaped usage-based (UB) research efforts from the start. The chapter describes how various UB approaches have emerged and… read more

Madlener-Charpentier, Karin 2018 Chapter 10. Do findings from artificial language learning generalize to second language classrooms? Usage-inspired L2 Instruction: Researched pedagogy, Tyler, Andrea E., Lourdes Ortega, Mariko Uno and Hae In Park (eds.), pp. 211–234 | Chapter

Usage-based approaches assume that language acquisition proceeds predominantly incidentally and implicitly, based on the processing of meaningful input during contextualized social interaction. By contrast, there is a tradition of investigating the mechanisms of second language (L2) processing and… read more

Madlener-Charpentier, Karin 2018 De Knop, Sabine & Gaëtanelle Gilquin (eds.) Applied Construction Grammar  Functions of Language 25:3, pp. 413–422 | Review