Robert Bayley

List of John Benjamins publications in which Robert Bayley is involved.

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Variation in Second and Heritage Languages: Crosslinguistic perspectives

Edited by Robert Bayley, Dennis R. Preston and Xiaoshi Li

Variationist work in Second Language Acquisition (SLA) began in the mid 1970s and steadily progressed during the 1980s. Much of it was reviewed along with newer approaches in Bayley and Preston 1996 (B&P), heavily devoted to VARBRUL analyses that exposed the variability in developing interlanguages… read more

[Studies in Language Variation, 28] 2022. xx, 365 pp.

Second Language Acquisition and Linguistic Variation

Edited by Robert Bayley and Dennis R. Preston

This volume corrects the relative neglect in Second Language Acquisition studies of the quantitative study of language variation and provides insights into such issues as language transfer, acquisition through exposure, language universals, learner’s age and so forth.These studies bolster the idea… read more

[Studies in Bilingualism, 10] 1996. xix, 317 pp.

Bayley, Robert, Kristen Kennedy Terry, Laura Gurzynski-Weiss and Eliza Pavalko 2025 Epilogue. Kimberly Geeslin’s contributions to second language acquisition, sociolinguistics, and Hispanic linguistics and her role as a mentor and academic leader: Kimberly Geeslin’s contributions to second language acquisition, sociolinguistics, and hispanic linguistics and her role as a mentor and academic leader Research at the Intersection of Second Language Acquisition and Sociolinguistics: Studies in honor of Kimberly L. Geeslin, Solon, Megan, Matthew Kanwit and Aarnes Gudmestad (eds.), pp. 344–368 | Chapter

This epilogue reviews the extraordinary career of Kimberly Geeslin as a scholar, mentor, and academic leader. The chapter first examines her numerous contributions to the fields of second language acquisition, sociolinguistics, and Hispanic linguistics. We then discuss her role as a mentor, not… read more

Escalante, Chelsea, Rebecca Pozzi, Robert Bayley, Xiaoshi Li and Xinye Zhang 2025 Chapter 5. Acquiring sociolinguistic competence: A comparison of subject pronoun expression in L2 and L3 Spanish Research at the Intersection of Second Language Acquisition and Sociolinguistics: Studies in honor of Kimberly L. Geeslin, Solon, Megan, Matthew Kanwit and Aarnes Gudmestad (eds.), pp. 116–142 | Chapter

This paper compares the acquisition of subject pronoun expression in written Spanish by first-language (L1) speakers of English learning Spanish as a second language and L1 speakers of Chinese learning Spanish as a third language. A mixed-effects regression indicated that learners’ choices… read more

Li, Xiaoshi, Robert Bayley, Xinye Zhang and Yaqiong Cui 2022 Chapter 2. An investigation of the use of the multifunctional particle ‑ le by second language learners of Mandarin Chinese Variation in Second and Heritage Languages: Crosslinguistic perspectives, Bayley, Robert, Dennis R. Preston and Xiaoshi Li (eds.), pp. 15–42 | Chapter

The most widely studied aspect marker in Chinese is ‑le. In addition to functioning as a perfective aspect marker to indicate action completion, it can also serve as a sentence final particle to indicate a currently relevant state. It is obligatory in some situations but optional in others. And,… read more

Preston, Dennis R., Robert Bayley and Chelsea Escalante 2022 Chapter 1. Variation and second language acquisition: Recent developments and future directions Variation in Second and Heritage Languages: Crosslinguistic perspectives, Bayley, Robert, Dennis R. Preston and Xiaoshi Li (eds.), pp. 1–14 | Chapter

In addition to introducing the main themes of this volume, the chapter provides a brief overview of recent developments in variationist studies of second language acquisition (SLA), including work on perception. We suggest that the type of work included in this volume, which focuses on a range… read more

Li, Xiaoshi and Robert Bayley 2018 Lexical frequency and syntactic variation: Subject pronoun use in Mandarin Chinese Asia-Pacific Language Variation 4:2, pp. 135–160 | Article

With the rise of exemplar theory, the role of lexical frequency in language variation has been the object of considerable study. Recently, Erker and Guy (2012) extended the analysis of frequency to morphosyntactic variation and examined the role of frequency in variation between null and overt… read more

Bayley, Robert, Kristen A. Greer and Cory L. Holland 2017 Lexical frequency and morphosyntactic variation: Evidence from U.S. Spanish Spanish in Context 14:3, pp. 413–439 | Article

The role of frequency in language variation has received a great deal of attention in recent years, especially in phonology. Recently, Erker and Guy (2012) extended the analysis of frequency to morphosyntactic variation and examined frequency effects in variation between null and overt subject… read more

Bayley, Robert 1996 Competing Constraints on Variation in the Speech of Adult Chinese Learners of English Second Language Acquisition and Linguistic Variation, Bayley, Robert and Dennis R. Preston (eds.), pp. 97–120 | Article

Preston, Dennis R. and Robert Bayley 1996 Preface Second Language Acquisition and Linguistic Variation, Bayley, Robert and Dennis R. Preston (eds.), pp. xiii–xviii | Preface

Young, Richard and Robert Bayley 1996 Appendix: VARBRUL Analysis for Second Language Acquisition Research Second Language Acquisition and Linguistic Variation, Bayley, Robert and Dennis R. Preston (eds.), pp. 253–306 | Appendix