Paul A. Malovrh is Associate Professor of Hispanic Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition, University of South Carolina, USA. His recent work emphasizes advanced-level language proficiency and explores its relationship with globalization and curricular design, as well as the effect of different instructional approaches on foreign-language processing, learning, and retention.
Alessandro G. Benati is Director of CAES at The University of Hong Kong (HKU). He is known for his work in second language acquisition and second language teaching. He has published ground-breaking research on the pedagogical framework called Processing Instruction. He is co-editor of a new online series for Cambridge University Press, a member of the REF Panel 2021, and Honorary Professor at York St John University.

Notes on Contributors ix
Acknowledgments xvii
1 Introduction 1
Paul A. Malovrh and Alessandro G. Benati
Part I Advanced L2 Capacity: Orientations on Acquisition 7
2 Systemic Functional Linguistics and Advanced Second Language Proficiency 9
Marianna Ryshina-Pankova
3 Psycholinguistic Approaches and Advanced Proficiency 30
Leah Roberts
4 What Does Critical Period Research Reveal about Advanced L2 Proficiency? 51
Michael H. Long, Gisela Granena, and Fátima Montero
5 Generative Approaches to Second Language (L2) Acquisition and Advanced L2 Proficiency 72
Jason Rothman, Fatih Bayram, Tanja Kupisch, Terje Lohndal, and Marit Westergaard
6 Interaction-Driven L2 Learning: Advanced Learners 94
Nicole Ziegler and Lara Bryfonski
7 Sociocultural Theory: Mediating Learners toward Advanced Proficiency 114
Matthew E. Poehner
Part II Advanced Proficiency and Performance: Multiple Dimensions and Contexts 131
8 Advanced-Level Grammatical Development in Instructed SLA 133
Heidi Byrnes
9 Individual Differences in Advanced Proficiency 157
Paula Winke and Susan M. Gass
10 The Prior Language Experience of Heritage Bilinguals 179
Cristina Sanz and Julio Torres
11 Meeting the Demands of Globalization: One Goal of ISLA Research 199
Paul A. Malovrh and Nina Moreno
12 Task Condition Effects on Advanced-Level Foreign Language Performance 219
Gavin Bui, Peter Skehan, and Zhan Wang
Part III Advanced Phonology 239
13 Advanced-Level L2 Phonology 241
John Archibald
14 Markedness and Advanced Development 264
Fred R. Eckman
15 Advanced Second Language Segmental and Suprasegmental Acquisition 282
Kazuya Saito
16 Connected Speech in Advanced-Level Phonology 304
Burcu Gokgoz-Kurt and D. Eric Holt
17 Voice Onset Time in Advanced SLA 323
Alfonso Morales-Front
Part IV Advanced Grammar 341
18 Advanced-Level Mood Distinction 343
Aarnes Gudmestad
19 Advanced Conceptualizations of Tense and Aspect in L2 Acquisition 361
M. Rafael Salaberry
20 Inflectional Morphology 381
Roumyana Slabakova
21 Advanced Lexical Development 401
Stuart A. Webb
22 Word Order and Information Structure in Advanced SLA 419
Cristobal Lozano and Marcus Callies
23 Advanced-Level Semantics 442
Tania Ionin
Part V Advanced-Level Pragmatics, Discourse, and Sociocultural Literacy 461
24 Advanced-Level Pragmatics in Instructed SLA 463
Feng Xiao
25 Advanced Reading Proficiency in Collegiate Foreign Language Learners 483
Keiko Koda and Sihui Echo Ke
26 Advanced Second Language Pragmatic Competence 505
Naoko Taguchi
27 Advanced Rhetoric and Socially Situated Writing 527
Gregg Fields and Paul Kei Matsuda
28 Variable Structures and Sociolinguistic Variation 547
Kimberly L. Geeslin
Index 566

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