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(2019). London: Routledge Press.
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(2014). London: Routledge Press.
(2011). London: Routledge Press.
Japanese translation published 2016 asÌýKotoba no shisooka gozyuunin.ÌýÌýHiezoo Nakajima, Yukito Seta, and Kensuke Takonai (Trans.).Ìý Tokyo: Taylor and Francis / Tuttle-Mori.
(2004). London: Routledge Press.
Chinese translation published 2022 as Di er yu yan xi de Zhong de pu bian yu fa: Li shi guo.Ìý Jingjing Long and Zicong Song (Trans.).Ìý Guang zhou, China: Shu jie shu to shu chu ban guang dong you cian gong si.
(2024) Diachronica ‘40 @ 40’, 41.4: 557–559
(2020).Ìý Historiographia LinguisticaÌý47. 2/3: 266–302
Background to formal functionalism: Japan, the United States, and Prague
(2016).ÌýBulletin of the Edward Sapir Society of JapanÌý30: 27–38
(2013).ÌýLinguistic Approaches to BilingualismÌý3.4: 509–531
(2013).ÌýHistoriographia LinguisticaÌý40.3: 377–208
(2010).ÌýNames: A Journal of OnomasticsÌý58: 13–23
(2008).ÌýSecond LanguageÌý7: 3–21
(2007).ÌýHistoriographia LinguisticaÌý34: 37–62
(2002).ÌýHistoriographia LinguisticaÌý29: 341–380
(2002).ÌýThe Linguistic ReviewÌý19: 51–71
Twenty-five years of the BUCLD: An institutional history
(2000).ÌýJournal of EducationÌý182: 1–18
‘Full access’ and the history of linguistics (commentary on target article)
(1997).ÌýBehavioral and Brain SciencesÌý19: 743–744
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(1995).ÌýThe Modern Language JournalÌý79: 345–355
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(2005).ÌýWordÌý55: 286–290
(2003).ÌýLanguage and CommunicationÌý23: 81–91
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(2002).ÌýLanguageÌý78: 335–339
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(1999).ÌýLanguageÌý75: 178–179
Short review (‘Book Notice’) of George Mounin,ÌýHistoire de la Syntaxe: Des Origins au Xxe Siècle
(1999).ÌýLanguageÌý75: 216–217
Exhibit: Missionaries and linguists: Jesuit grammars from Africa and Native America
(2016). Burns Library, Boston College (14 July–7 October)
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(1993). Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Press
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(2015).ÌýLanguage LearningÌý65: 631–659
(2014).ÌýJournal of Japanese LinguisticsÌý30: 93–114
(2013).ÌýLinguistic Approaches to BilingualismÌý3.4: 509–531
(2013).ÌýJapanese Language and LiteratureÌý47: 23–58
(2009).ÌýSecond Language ResearchÌý25: 493–511
(2009).ÌýSecond Language ResearchÌý25: 325–333
Revisiting the origins of modern study of second-language acquisition: Contributions from the Japanese context, 1956-1959
(2008).ÌýSecond LanguageÌý7: 3–21
(2005).ÌýSecond Language ResearchÌý21: 393–414
(2003).ÌýSecond Language ResearchÌý19: 359–376
(2001).ÌýSecond Language ResearchÌý17: 195–212
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(2000).ÌýJournal of EducationÌý182: 1–18
Medieval and modern views of Universal Grammar and the nature of second language learning
(1995).ÌýThe Modern Language JournalÌý79: 345–355
Acquisition of the Japanese reflexiveÌýzibunÌýand movement of anaphors in Logical Form
(1995).ÌýSecond Language ResearchÌý11: 206–234
Assessment of proficiency in second language acquisition research
(1994).ÌýLanguage LearningÌý44: 307–336
Universal grammar and the interpretation of reflexives in a second language
(1991).ÌýLanguageÌý67: 211–239
The acquisition of English articles by first and second language learners
(1989).ÌýApplied PsycholinguisticsÌý10: 335–355
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(1994). In Jeffrey L. Sokolov & Catherine E. Snow (Eds.),ÌýHandbook of Research in Language Development Using CHILDESÌý(254–285). Hillsboro, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum
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(1993). In Don Staub & Cheryl Delk (Eds.),ÌýProceedings of the 1992 Second Language Research ForumÌý(187–199). East Lansing, MI:Ìý Michigan State University
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(2011).ÌýStudies in Second Language AcquisitionÌý33: 475–477
Review of Vivian Cook,ÌýPortraits of the L2 User
(2004).ÌýModern Language JournalÌý88: 141–142
Review of William C. Ritchie & Tej K. Bhatia (Eds.),ÌýHandbook of Second Language Acquisition, Vols. 4 & 5
(2000).ÌýLanguageÌý76: 718–720
Review of Dan I. Slobin (Ed.),ÌýThe Cross-Linguistic Study of Language Acquisition
(2000).ÌýLanguageÌý75: 128–130
Short review (‘Book Notice’) of Harald Clahsen (Ed.), Generative Perspectiveson Language Acquisition
(1999).ÌýLanguageÌý75: 177–178
Short review (‘Book Notice’) of Angelika Becker & Mary Carroll (Eds.),ÌýThe Acquisition of Spatial Relations in a Second Language
(1999).ÌýLanguageÌý75: 189–190
Short review (‘Book Notice’) of Kari Sajavaara & Courtney Fairweather (Eds.),ÌýApproaches to Second Language Acquisition
(1998).ÌýLanguageÌý74: 429–430
Short review (‘Book Notice’) of Nick C. Ellis (Ed.),ÌýImplicit and Explicit Learning of Languages
(1997).ÌýLanguageÌý73: 420–421
Short review (‘Book Notice’) of Fred R. Eckman, Diane Highland, Peter W. Lee, Jean Mileham, & Rita Rutkowski Weber (Eds.),ÌýSecond Language Acquisition Theory and Pedagogy
(1997).ÌýLanguageÌý73: 211–212
Short review (‘Book Notice’) of Paula Menyuk, Jacqueline W. Liebergott, & Martin C. Schultz,ÌýEarly Language Development in Full-Term and Premature Infants
(1997).ÌýLanguageÌý72: 888–889
Review of Judith Strozer,ÌýLanguage Acquisition After Puberty
(1997).ÌýLanguageÌý72: 170–173
Review of Rod Ellis,ÌýThe Study of Second Language Acquisition
(1995).ÌýStudies in Second Language AcquisitionÌý17: 533–534
Short review (‘Book Notice’) of Dan I. Slobin,ÌýThe Cross-linguistic Study of Language Acquisition, Vol. 3
(1995).ÌýLanguageÌý71: 424–245
Review of Susan Gass & Larry Selinker (Eds.),ÌýLanguage Transfer in Language Learning
(1994).ÌýApplied PsycholinguisticsÌý14: 571–575
Review of Vivian Cook,ÌýSecond Language Learning and Language Teaching
(1994).ÌýStudies in Second Language AcquisitionÌý16: 100–101
Short review (‘Book Notice’) of Anjum P. Saleemi,ÌýUniversal Grammar and Language Learnability
(1994).ÌýLanguageÌý70: 406
Other fields
Linguistic Variation in Spike Lee’sÌýSchool Daze
(1994).ÌýCollege EnglishÌý56: 911–927
Some referential properties of EnglishÌýitÌýandÌýthat
(1999). In Akio Kamio & Ken-ichi. Takami (Eds.),ÌýFunction and StructureÌý(289–315). Amsterdam: John Benjamins Press
Vietnamese submissive passives
(1988). InÌýProceedings of the 24th Annual Meeting of the Chicago Linguistics SocietyÌý(24: 377–390).
Short review (‘Book Notice’) of Barbara Fox (Ed.),ÌýStudies in Anaphora
(1998).ÌýLanguageÌý74: 883–884