A recent trend in corpus-based research emphasizes the importance to examine repeated,
discontinuous word sequences in addition to continuous ones. The present study extends …

Based on datasets of L1 Italian and Spanish learner language culled from the Trinity
Lancaster Corpus Sample, this paper investigates how verb-argument constructions (VACs) …

Based on writing produced by second language learners at different proficiency levels
(CEFR A1 to C1), we adopted a usage-based approach (Ellis, Römer, & O'Donnell, 2016; …

This plenary speech provides an overview of applications of corpus research in several core
areas of applied linguistics, including second language acquisition and language …

This study investigates genre and discipline effects on the frequency and contingency
profiles of English Verb-Argument Constructions (VACs), with implications for English for …

Insights from corpus linguistics (CL) have informed language learning and materials design,
among many other areas. An important nexus between CL and language learning is the use …

Usage-based theories hold that mental representation of language is shaped by a lifetime of
usage. Both input to which first language (L1) and second language (L2) users are exposed …

This paper presents a corpus-based, pattern grammar-driven analysis of N1 of N2
constructions in academic written discourse. Different from other approaches to …

This paper addresses the development of epistemic verb–argument constructions in L2
Norwegian in four learners from a usage-based perspective. Usage-based theories hold that …

The current research project was designed according to the conceptualization that
vocabulary knowledge is multidimensional (Jaen, 2007; Qian & Schedl, 2004) and the …