Includes bibliographical references and index.

Zawiera: Thinking for speaking in an L2: From research findings to pedagogical implications / Teresa Cadierno -- On the sample size required to identify the longitudinal L2 development of complexity and accuracy indices / Akira Murakami -- A DUB-inspired case study of multidimensional L2 complexity development: Competing or connected growers? / Bram Bulté & Alex Housen -- A holistic person-centred approach to Mobile-Assisted Language Learning / Hongying Peng, Sake Jager, Steven Thorne, & Wander Lowie -- Creativity and routinization in L2 English: Two usagebased case-studies / Søren Eskildsen -- Attractor states in the development of linguistic complexity in second language writing and the role of self-regulation: A longitudinal case study / Attila Wind & Luke Harding -- Competence appraisals: Dynamic judgements of communication competence in real time / Peter MacIntyre & Samantha Ayers-Glassey -- Dynamic changes in motivation and willingness to communicate (WTC) in the second language (L2) classroom: A multiple case study / Giulia Sulis, Joanna Davidson, & Marije Michel -- Nested locatives: Conceptual basis and theoretical import / Ronald W. Langacker -- Getting out the word on phrasal verbs: It turns out phrasal verb construction (PVC) meanings are systematic and teachable / Andrea Tyler, Hana Jan, Nargas Mahpeykar, & Brandon Tullock -- The icing on the cake? Effects of explicit form-focused instruction after two years of implicit EFL learning / Leslie Piggott, Elena Tribushinina, & Rick de Graaff -- Film-Language-Integrated-Learning (FLIL): A usageinspired L2 teaching approach / Tim Kassenberg, Fabio Galati, Diana de VriesZhuravleva, & Iryna Menke-Bazhutkina.

Streszczenie: "This book honours the contribution of Marjolijn Verspoor to the development and implementation of dynamic usage-based approaches in second language research and pedagogy. With chapters written by renowned experts in the field, the book addresses the dynamics of language, language learning and language teaching from a usage-based perspective"-- Provided by publisher.