Salience in Second Language Acquisition

Susan M. Gass is University Distinguished Professor in the Second Language Studies Program at Michigan State University, USA. She has served as President of the American Association for Applied Linguistics and of the International Association of Applied Linguistics. She is the recipient of numerous awards and is the current co-editor of Studies in Second Language Acquisition.Patti Spinner is Associate Professor in the Second Language Studies Program at Michigan State University, USA.Jennifer Behney is Assistant Professor of Italian and Second Language Acquisition in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures at Youngstown State University, USA.

• 1 Salience in Second Language Acquisition and Related Fields Susan M. Gass, Patti Spinner, and Jennifer BehneyPart I Salience in SLA Theory2 Salience in Usage-Based SLANick Ellis3 Detectability in Feature ReassemblyDonna Lardiere4 The Role of Salience in Linguistic Development: A Contrarian ViewWilliam O’Grady, Kitaek Kim, and Chae-Eun KimPart II Perceptual Salience in SLA 5 The L2 Acquisition of Italian Tense: The Role of Salience Jennifer Behney, Patti Spinner, Susan M. Gass, and Lorena Valmori6 The Effect of Perceptual Salience on Processing L2 Inflectional MorphologyHannelore Simoens, Alex Housen, and Ludovic De Cuypere7 The Role of Salience in the Acquisition of Hebrew as a Second Language: Interaction With Age of AcquisitionRobert DeKeyser, Iris Alfi-Shabtay, Dorit Ravid, and Meng Shi8 Salience and Novel L2 Pattern LearningKim McDonough and Pavel TrofimovichPart III Constructed Salience in SLA9 Enhancing the Input to Promote Salience of the L2: A Critical OverviewRonald P. Leow and Alexandra Martin10 Salience, Cognitive Effort, and Word Learning: Insights from PupillometryKelli Ryan, Phillip Hamrick, Ryan T. Miller, and Christopher A. Was11 Effects of Contextual and Visual Cues on Spoken Language Processing: Enhancing L2 Perceptual Salience Through Focused TrainingDebra M. HardisonPart IV Salience in Context12 Salience of Noun-Adjective Agreement in L2 LatinJohn Sarkissian and Jennifer Behney13 Measuring Lexical Alignment During L2 Chat Interaction: An Eye-Tracking StudyMarije Michel and Bryan Smith14 Task Modality, Noticing, and the Contingency of Recasts: Insights on Salience From Multiple ModalitiesNicole ZieglerAfterword: The Role of Salience in Second Language ResearchPatti Spinner, Jennifer Behney, and Susan M. GassIndex

"This is an exceptional collection, well worth reading for anyone interested in SLA research. The volume's most valuable features are its coverage of a wide range of opinions, theoretical positions and contexts, as well as the clarity of the insights provided, which enhances our understanding of what salience means and the role that it plays. A much needed resource!"Jenefer Philp, Lancaster University, UK