Ionin, Tania & Montrul, Silvina. (2023). Second Language Acquisition: Introducing Intervention Research. Cambridge University Press
Based on classic and cutting-edge research, this textbook shows how grammatical phenomena can best be taught to second language and bilingual learners....
Publication Spotlight
For a complete list of recent research output, including journal and article publications, please see the Illinois Experts page for Linguistics. The following spotlights are the most recent book publications from our department.
The Cambridge Handbook of Heritage Languages and Linguistics Edited by Silvina Montrul and Maria Polinsky University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign / University of Maryland With contributions by current and former faculty and graduate students: Abdulkafi Albirini, Elabbas Benmamoun, Melissa...
The Acquisition of Differential Object Marking Edited by Alexandru Mardale and Silvina Montrul INaLCO, Paris / University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Differential Object marking (DOM), a linguistic phenomenon in which a direct object is morphologically marked for semantic and pragmatic...
Authored by a prominent team of international experts in their respective fields, The Handbook of Informal Language Learning is a one-of-a-kind reference work and it is a timely and valuable resource for anyone looking to explore informal language learning outside of a formal education...
Ionin, Tania & Matushansky, Ora. (2018). Cardinals: The syntax and semantics of cardinal-containing expressions. An argument that complex cardinals are not extra-linguistic but built using standard syntax and standard principles of semantic composition.
Ionin, T., & Rispoli, M. (n.d.). Three streams of generative language acquisition research: Introduction (Vol. 63). John Benjamins Publishing Company. This edited volume contains a representative sample of papers presented at the 7th meeting of the Generative Approaches to Language...
Language Maintenance, Revival and Shift in the Sociology of Religion, Edited by: Rajeshwari Vijay Pandharipande, ...
Peter Lasersohn (2017) Subjectivity and Perspective in Truth-theoretic Semantics. Oxford University Press. This work explores linguistic and philosophical issues presented by sentences expressing personal taste, such as Roller coasters are fun, and examines how truth-theoretic semantics can...
Ionin, T. and Luchkina. T. (2018). Focus on Russian scope: An experimental investigation of the relationship between quantifier scope, prosody, and information structure. Linguistic Inquiry, 49(4). Abstract: An experimental investigation of quantifier scope in Russian SVO and OVS...
Armstrong, A., Bulkes, N. Z., & Tanner, D. (in press). Quantificational cues modulate the processing of English subject-verb agreement by native Chinese speakers: An ERP study. Studies in Second Language Acquisition. Numerous studies have demonstrated that native Mandarin speakers...
Yoon, J. H. S. (2017) Published: Thu, 11 May 2017 Central to the debate on the demarcation of morphology and syntax is the position staked out by the Lexicalist Hypothesis, which holds that morphology and syntax are distinct systems which interface with each other in a particular way. Proponents...
