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Quantitative Methods in Multilingual Acquisition and Processing
Editor
The growing fields of language acquisition and processing have made great strides in understanding how individuals learn and use more than one language across various stages of life in diverse contexts. This is partly due to the methodological innovations that have been developed and refined in recent years. This volume discusses methodologies used in first, second, and bi/multilingual language acquisition and processing, with practical guidance on how to employ the different methodologies and accompanying possible statistical analyses. The chapters in this volume deal with the ever-changing field of language acquisition and processing as examined by an array of offline behavioural measures, online reaction methods, and physiological measures. This volume focuses on connecting the practical elements of key methodologies to the theoretical questions they are used to answer, guiding the reader through best practices in examining different linguistic questions.
[Research Methods in Applied Linguistics, 16] 2026. xv, 314 pp.
Publishing status: Printing; Print edition expected April 2026
Published online on 26 March 2026
Published online on 26 March 2026
© John Benjamins
Table of Contents
- About the editors | pp. vii–viii
- About the contributors | pp. ix–xiv
- Acknowledgements | pp. xv–xvi
- Chapter 1. Overview of quantitative methods examining the acquisition and processing of multilingual languagesJohn W. Schwieter and Gabrielle Klassen | pp. 1–6
- Chapter 2. Bilingualism in context: Principles for designing ecological and transdisciplinary research in language and cognitive scienceAnne L. Beatty-Martínez and Paola E. Dussias | pp. 7–27
- Chapter 3. Using corpora and variationist approaches to make inferences about language representationChelsea Escalante, Sophia Minnillo and Xinye Zhang | pp. 28–55
- Chapter 4. Using offline methods to probe the bi/multilingual acquisition of phonological and phonetic domainsMiquel Simonet and Miquel Llompart | pp. 56–80
- Chapter 5. Using offline methods to probe underlying grammatical representationsGabrielle Klassen | pp. 81–102
- Chapter 6. Measuring spoken language proficiency using offline methodsLynette Austin and Arturo Hernandez | pp. 103–126
- Chapter 7. The use of priming to study language processing in multilingualsWalter J. B. van Heuven and Yun Wen | pp. 127–150
- Chapter 8. Using reaction and reading time techniques to study bi/multilingual sentence processingGrace deMeurisse and Edith Kaan | pp. 151–172
- Chapter 9. The use of non-linguistic cognitive conflict tasks to understand the bilingual mindAlex Sheehan, Doug Saddy and Christos Pliatsikas | pp. 173–203
- Chapter 10. Eye-tracking as a window into second language development and processingPablo Aros Muñoz and Kathy Conklin | pp. 204–226
- Chapter 11. Neural imaging (PET, MEG, and fMRI) as a window into language development and processingStefano Rastelli and Giada Antonicelli | pp. 227–248
- Chapter 12. Electrodermal activity and heart rate as windows into language processingCatherine Caldwell-Harris | pp. 249–280
- Chapter 13. Using articulatory methods to study multilingual speechLaura Colantoni, Alexei Kochetov and Jeffrey Steele | pp. 281–310
- Index | pp. 311–314
“Klassen and Schwieter have carefully crafted a text that will greatly benefit novices and experienced scholars alike. One by one, the chapters that make up this book deftly balance the multitude of conceptual and practical issues we encounter at the interface of substance and method. To put it bluntly, you need this book.”
Luke Plonsky, Northern Arizona University
“In this state-of-the-art collection, Klassen and Schwieter bring us a much-needed comprehensive survey of proven research methods to study language production, comprehension, and processing in multilingual acquisition. Particularly informative is the link between the methods and the best statistical analyses to analyze the data yielded by different methods. This volume will certainly become an indispensable reading for graduate students and researchers.”
Silvina Montrul, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign