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  • Commentary: Have Learner Corpus Research and Second Language Acquisition Finally Met?

  • Edited by Bert Le Bruyn, Magali Paquot
  • Book:
    Learner Corpus Research Meets Second Language Acquisition
    Published online:
    29 December 2020
    Print publication:
    21 January 2021, pp 243-257

  • Summary

    Although learner corpus research (LCR) and second language acquisition (SLA) studies both partake of the general field of L2 studies, it must be acknowledged that they are still essentially two different worlds. The distance between the two fields was noted as early as 1999 by Hilde Hasselgård in her review of the first volume on LCR (Granger 1998): ‘A question that remains unanswered is whether corpus linguistics and SLA have really met in learner corpus research. While learner language corpus research does not seem to be very controversial in relation to traditional corpus linguistics, some potential conflicts are not resolved, nor commented on by anyone from “the other side”’ (Hasselgård 1999, 152). This echoed Geoffrey Leech’s rather bleak observation in his preface to the volume: ‘If … we characterise the theme of this book as ‘SLA meets corpus linguistics’, this is not likely to be a meeting of unalloyed joy and good will. Rather, it may well be an encounter marked by some suspicion and misunderstanding’ (Leech 1998, xvi).

The Cambridge Handbook of Learner Corpus Research
  • Edited by Sylviane Granger, Gaëtanelle Gilquin, Fanny Meunier
  • Published online:
    05 October 2015
    Print publication:
    01 October 2015
  • The origins of learner corpus research go back to the late 1980s when large electronic collections of written or spoken data started to be collected from foreign/second language learners, with a view to advancing our understanding of the mechanisms of second language acquisition and developing tailor-made pedagogical tools. Engaging with the interdisciplinary nature of this fast-growing field, The Cambridge Handbook of Learner Corpus Research explores the diverse and extensive applications of learner corpora, with 27 chapters written by internationally renowned experts. This comprehensive work is a vital resource for students, teachers and researchers, offering fresh perspectives and a unique overview of the field. With representative studies in each chapter which provide an essential guide on how to conduct learner corpus research in a wide range of areas, this work is a cutting-edge account of learner corpus collection, annotation, methodology, theory, analysis and applications.

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