This volume brings together original research in the four areas of L2 collocation learner corpora, L2 collocation lexicographic and classroom materials, L2 collocation knowledge assessment, and L2 collocation learner processes. Each area is covered by three research chapters and a dedicated commentary chapter by experts in the field.

'A thought provoking book that I would recommend to all those interested in collocation or formulaic language in general.' JALT Journal

'This volume is, overall an excellent resource for researchers and classroom practitioners on the use and development of L2 collocation.' Fei Fei, Michigan State University, Studies in Second Language Acquisition

'An extremely valubuable collection of state-of-the-art articles in collocation research [offering] an excellent foundation for anyone considering further research in the area. No previous books have focused exlusively on L2 collocation knowledge and the book fills a gap that many researchers, including myself, have been waiting for... Overall, this book is an outstanding resource.' Sara Smith, University of Oxford, System

'The book is a comprehensible review of recent research in collocations. Its main asset is addressing the challenge of approaching collocations from numerous perspectives and stressing how complex L2 collocation development is.' Pawel Szudarski, University of Nottingham, The Language Learning Journal

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SVENJA ADOLPHS is Associate Professor in Applied Linguistics, School of English Studies, University of Nottingham, UK JUNE EYCKMANS teaches at the Erasmus University College Brussels and the Vrije Universiteit Brussels, Belgium SYLVIANE GRANGER is Professor of English Language and Linguistics and Director of the Centre for English Corpus Linguistics, University of Louvain, Belgium NICHOLAS GROOM is a Lecturer in Applied Linguistics, Centre for English Language Studies, University of Birmingham, UK SUSANNE HANDL is a full-time Linguistics Lecturer at Munich University, Germany BIRGIT HENRIKSEN is Senior Lecturer, Department of English, Germanic and Romance Studies, University of Copenhagen, Denmark JINGYI JIANG is Associate Professor, School of Foreign Languages, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China YURI KOMURO teaches English at Chuo University, Tokyo, Japan PHOEBE MING-SUM LIN is working on her PhD thesis in Applied Linguistics in the School of English Studies, University of Nottingham, UK MARNIE O'NEILL is an Associate Professor at The University of Western Australia HILARY NESI is Professor in English Language, Coventry University, UK ELKE PETERS works as Assistant Professor of German, Department of Applied Language Studies, Lessius University College, Antwerp, Belgium RANDI REPPEN is Professor of Applied Linguistics, English Department, Northern Arizona University, USA ROBERT LEE REVIER is a PhD fellow at Aarhus University, Denmark JOHN SHILLAW is Professor of English Language Education at Nanzan University, Japan LARS STENIUS STÆHR is Senior Lecturer at the Centre for Internationalisation and Parallel Language Use, University of Copenhagen, Denmark ALISON WRAY is a Research Professor, Centre for Language and Communication Research, Cardiff University, UK, and Director of Research, Cardiff School of English, Communication and Philosophy YANG YING is a Lecturer at the National University of Singapore, Singapore

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Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Foreword Introduction: Researching L2 Collocation Knowledge and Development; A.Barfield & H.Gyllstad PART I: L2 COLLOCATION LEARNER CORPUS RESEARCH Effects of Second Language Immersion on Second Language Collocational Development; N.Groom Sound Evidence: Phraseological Units in Spoken Corpora; P.M.S.Lin & S.Adolphs Exploring L1 and L2 Writing Development Through Collocations: A Corpus-Based Look; R.Reppen Commentary on Part I: Learner Corpora: A Window onto the L2 Phrasicon; S.Granger PART II: L2 COLLOCATION LEXICOGRAPHIC AND CLASSROOM MATERIALS RESEARCH Towards Collocational Webs for Presenting Collocations in Learners' Dictionaries; S.Handl Japanese Learners' Collocation Dictionary Retrieval Performance; Y.Komuro Designing Pedagogic Materials to Improve Awareness and Productive Use of L2 Collocations; J.Jiang Commentary on Part II: Exploring Materials for the Study of L2 Collocations; H.Nesi PART III: L2 COLLOCATION KNOWLEDGE ASSESSMENT RESEARCH Evaluating a New Test of Whole English Collocations; R.L.Revier Towards an Assessment of Learners' Receptive and Productive Syntagmatic Knowledge; J.Eyckmans Designing and Evaluating Tests of Receptive Collocation Knowledge: COLLEX and COLLMATCH; H.Gyllstad Commentary on PART III: Developing and Validating Tests of L2 Collocation Knowledge ; J.Shillaw PART IV: L2 COLLOCATION LEARNER PROCESS AND PRACTICE RESEARCH Collocation Learning Through an 'AWARE' Approach: Learner Perspectives& Learning Process; Yang Ying & M.O'Neill Learning Collocations Through Attention-Drawing Techniques: A Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis; E.Peters Following Individuals' L2 Collocation Development Over Time; A.Barfield Commentary of Part IV: Processes in the Development of L2 Collocational Knowledge A Challenge for Language Learners, Researchers and Teachers; B.Henriksen & L.S.Stæhr Conclusion: Navigating L2 Collocation Research; A.Wray References Index