Pedagogical Linguistics

Editors

Andreas Trotzke | Universität Zürich | trotzkeds.uzh.ch

Tom Rankin | Masaryk University, Brno | tom.rankinphil.muni.cz

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Pedagogical Linguistics publishes work on educational applications of theoretical and descriptive linguistics. The general aim of the journal is to bring the formal and the functional strands of linguistics together in order to establish a forum where they can cross-fertilize each other with the aim of discussing and developing linguistics’ potential contribution to language pedagogy. Pedagogical Linguistics publishes research originating in theoretical linguistics, psycholinguistics, and linguistic approaches to acquisition which outlines the didactic and educational relevance of recent research findings. The primary audience for this journal are researchers interested in state-of-the-art approaches to questions of language acquisition and linguistic theory that find applications in pedagogy, as well as a more general audience whose training is in education and pedagogy.

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ISSN: 2665-9581 | E-ISSN: 2665‑959X

https://doi.org/10.1075/pl

26 February 2026

Pre-service teachers’ beliefs about multilingualism in Türkiye

Gökhan Kayır & Tobias Schroedler

19 February 2026

Multilingual awareness as key factor in multilingual learning and teaching

Ulrike Jessner

29 January 2026

Misanalyses in the (de)learning of passives in Japanese-English interlanguage

Takayuki Kimura & Luna Kohama

5 December 2025

Pedagogical construction grammar — the fashion of the day?

Thomas Herbst & Thorsten Piske | PL 7:1 (2026) pp. 1–16

17 November 2025

Constructicons as resources for language pedagogy — and vice versa : Experiences from Swedish

Benjamin Lyngfelt, Julia Prentice & Azizah Lenté Degez | PL 7:1 (2026) pp. 38–66

Contingency and prototypicality: Observations on the learning of argument structure constructions

Laurence Romain | PL 7:1 (2026) pp. 147–188

14 November 2025

From spatial to abstract: Cross-linguistic convergence and divergence in prepositional use

Iryna Fokashchuk | PL 7:1 (2026) pp. 189–219

Implications of cross-linguistic correspondence for teaching idioms

Aria Rastegar | PL 7:1 (2026) p. 67

The role of input variability in generalizing phrasal constructions featuring non-adjacent dependencies: A German as a foreign language primary school intervention

Johannes Schulz, Victoria Murphy & Elizabeth Wonnacott | PL 7:1 (2026) pp. 109–146

A comprehensive grammar of spoken and written French as the first fully corpus-informed grammar of French

Dirk Siepmann & Christoph Bürgel | PL 7:1 (2026) pp. 17–37

7 October 2025

The influence of L1 conceptual and linguistic knowledge on EFL learners’ comprehension and production of L2 metaphorical expressions

Sulaiman Alnujaidi

2 October 2025

Unified pedagogical linguistics: Bridging generative and usage-based SLA in language teaching

Thomas Hammond

11 September 2025

Swedish medical students’ writing self-efficacy and writing beliefs regarding undergraduate thesis writing: A cross-sectional study using validated instruments

Emma Hansson & Monika Fagevik Olsén

19 June 2025

Exploring the integration of Cognitive Linguistics in EFL classrooms: A case study in Belgium

Eloy Romero Muñoz & Andreas Wirag

12 June 2025

Developing genre awareness in novice academic writers in secondary education: A longitudinal intervention study on students’ academic writing development

Muhammed Akbulut, Sandra Reitbrecht, Antonia Gösweiner, Ida Menditti & Sabine Schmölzer-Eibinger

26 May 2025

Conceptual change and causal relations: Ontological and epistemological basic concepts within the conceptual change approach using the example of causal relations

Anja Wildemann & Katharina Kellermann

13 May 2025

How can metalinguistic awareness be operationalized?

Katharina Kellermann & Anja Wildemann

6 May 2025

On opportunities to study historical linguistics in schools in the United Kingdom

Benjamin Goddard, Francesca Iezzi, Pavel Iosad, Will Reynolds & Graeme Trousdale | PL 6:2 (2025) pp. 134–154

25 April 2025

How to stumble purposefully: Metacognitive and metalinguistic self-regulation on the path from knowledge to skill

Hans-Georg Müller & Franz Unterholzner

24 April 2025

Historical linguistics at school: Theory, practices and challenges

Theodore Markopoulos & Brian D. Joseph | PL 6:2 (2025) pp. 109–112

22 April 2025

Prosody for teaching French as a foreign language: First steps in identifying needs among teachers

Ingo Feldhausen, Jürgen Trouvain & Katharina Zahner-Ritter

Greek and Turkish linguistic nationalism in language and history coursebooks: A comparative study

Konstantinos Sampanis & Dilara Kaplan | PL 6:2 (2025) pp. 211–230

Conceptualizing and testing multilingual awareness in multilingual educational contexts

Birgit Spechtenhauser, Barbara Hofer & Elisabeth Allgäuer-Hackl

18 April 2025

Historical linguistics for high school students: The Ohio experience

Brian D. Joseph, Shuan O. Karim & Clint K. Awai-Jennings | PL 6:2 (2025) pp. 155–174

Russian nominative-accusative case distinction: Usage-based classroom-based study of English‑speaking learners of L2 Russian

Olesya Kisselev, Angelina Rubina & Kevin McManus

14 April 2025

Historical Linguistics and ancient languages at school: The Greek perspective

Theodore Markopoulos | PL 6:2 (2025) pp. 193–210

18 March 2025

Measuring grammatical understanding: Assessing the usability of the Test for Grammatical Understanding (TGU) through item response theory analyses

Jimmy van Rijt, Michelle Bouw & Sven De Maeyer

6 January 2025

Historical linguistics, the pronunciation of Latin and teaching of classical languages: Outcomes of two projects aimed at Slovenian pupils

Jerneja Kavčič & Andreja Inkret | PL 6:2 (2025) pp. 175–192

17 December 2024

Linguistics is for everyone: Cross-curricular approaches to historical linguistics in secondary education

Jessica DeLisi | PL 6:2 (2025) pp. 113–133

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Editorial info

Editors

Andreas Trotzke | Universität Zürich | trotzkeds.uzh.ch

Tom Rankin | Masaryk University, Brno | tom.rankinphil.muni.cz

Editorial Board

Bert Cappelle | Université de Lille III

Daniela Elsner | Pädagogische Hochschule Vorarlberg

Ingo Feldhausen | ATILF (CNRS & Université de Lorraine)

Ángel J. Gallego | Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Kook-Hee Gil | University of Sheffield

Gaëtanelle Gilquin | Université Catholique de Louvain

Adriana Hanulíková | Universität Heidelberg

Francis M. Hult | University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)

Tanja Kupisch | Lund University

Heather Marsden | University of York

Jane Oakhill | University of Sussex

Lourdes Ortega | Georgetown University

Despina Papadopoulou | Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Eloisa Silva Nascimento Pilati | Universidade de Brasilia

Jimmy H.M. van Rijt | Utrecht University

Tanja Rinker | Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt

Jason Rothman | Lancaster University

Björn Rothstein | Universität Bochum

Neal Snape | Gunma Prefectural Women's University & Chuo University

Frenette Southwood | Stellenbosch University

Medadi Ssentanda | Makerere University

Markus Steinbach | Georg-August-Universität Göttingen

David Stringer | Indiana University

Francesca Volpato | Università Ca' Foscari Venezia

Melinda Whong | The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

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