Although usage-based approaches have been successfully applied to the study of both first and second language acquisition, to monolingual and bilingual developm

Nick C. Ellis, Ute Römer, and Matthew Brook O'Donnell present a view of language as a complex adaptive system that is learned through usage. In a series of res

In this groundbreaking book, Tomasello presents a comprehensive usage-based theory of language acquisition. Drawing together a vast body of empirical research i

This book honours the contribution of Marjolijn Verspoor to the development and implementation of dynamic usage-based (DUB) approaches in second language (L2) r

Introduces students to the scientific study of language, using the basic principles of complexity theory.