Handbook of Advanced Proficiency in Second Language Acquisition

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 ixAcknowledgments xvii1 Introduction 1Paul A. Malovrh and Alessandro G. BenatiPart I Advanced L2 Capacity: Orientations on Acquisition 72 Systemic Functional Linguistics and Advanced Second Language Proficiency 9Marianna Ryshina‐Pankova3 Psycholinguistic Approaches and Advanced Proficiency 30Leah Roberts4 What Does Critical Period Research Reveal about Advanced L2 Proficiency? 51Michael H. Long, Gisela Granena, and Fátima Montero5 Generative Approaches to Second Language (L2) Acquisition and Advanced L2 Proficiency 72Jason Rothman, Fatih Bayram, Tanja Kupisch, Terje Lohndal, and Marit Westergaard6 Interaction‐Driven L2 Learning: Advanced Learners 94Nicole Ziegler and Lara Bryfonski7 Sociocultural Theory: Mediating Learners toward Advanced Proficiency 114Matthew E. PoehnerPart II Advanced Proficiency and Performance: Multiple Dimensions and Contexts 1318 Advanced‐Level Grammatical Development in Instructed SLA 133Heidi Byrnes9 Individual Differences in Advanced Proficiency 157Paula Winke and Susan M. Gass10 The Prior Language Experience of Heritage Bilinguals 179Cristina Sanz and Julio Torres11 Meeting the Demands of Globalization: One Goal of ISLA Research 199Paul A. Malovrh and Nina Moreno12 Task Condition Effects on Advanced‐Level Foreign Language Performance 219Gavin Bui, Peter Skehan, and Zhan WangPart III Advanced Phonology 23913 Advanced‐Level L2 Phonology 241John Archibald14 Markedness and Advanced Development 264Fred R. Eckman15 Advanced Second Language Segmental and Suprasegmental Acquisition 282Kazuya Saito16 Connected Speech in Advanced‐Level Phonology 304Burcu Gokgoz‐Kurt and D. Eric Holt17 Voice Onset Time in Advanced SLA 323Alfonso Morales‐FrontPart IV Advanced Grammar 34118 Advanced‐Level Mood Distinction 343Aarnes Gudmestad19 Advanced Conceptualizations of Tense and Aspect in L2 Acquisition 361M. Rafael Salaberry20 Inflectional Morphology 381Roumyana Slabakova21 Advanced Lexical Development 401Stuart A. Webb22 Word Order and Information Structure in Advanced SLA 419Cristobal Lozano and Marcus Callies23 Advanced‐Level Semantics 442Tania IoninPart V Advanced‐Level Pragmatics, Discourse, and Sociocultural Literacy 46124 Advanced‐Level Pragmatics in Instructed SLA 463Feng Xiao25 Advanced Reading Proficiency in Collegiate Foreign Language Learners 483Keiko Koda and Sihui Echo Ke26 Advanced Second Language Pragmatic Competence 505Naoko Taguchi27 Advanced Rhetoric and Socially Situated Writing 527Gregg Fields and Paul Kei Matsuda28 Variable Structures and Sociolinguistic Variation 547Kimberly L. GeeslinIndex 566