37.1146, Calls: Revista Nebrija de Lingüística Aplicada a la Enseñanza de Lenguas / Nebrija Journal of Applied Linguistics to Language Teaching - "Integrating Experimental and Corpus-based Approaches to L2 Lexical and Phraseology Learning" (Jrnl)

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Date: 19-Mar-2026
From: Irene Fioravanti [irene.effe at gmail.com]
Subject: Revista Nebrija de Lingüística Aplicada a la Enseñanza de Lenguas / Nebrija Journal of Applied Linguistics to Language Teaching - "Integrating Experimental and Corpus-based Approaches to L2 Lexical and Phraseology Learning" (Jrnl)

Journal: Revista Nebrija de Lingüística Aplicada a la Enseñanza de
Lenguas / Nebrija Journal of Applied Linguistics to Language Teaching
Issue: Integrating Experimental and Corpus-based Approaches to L2
Lexical and Phraseology Learning
Call Deadline: 30-Jun-2026

The integration of corpus-based and experimental methodologies offers
a unique perspective for investigating how learners acquire, process,
and use lexical and phraseological combinations (e.g., collocations,
binomials, compounds, idioms, and other phraseological units). Corpora
provide large-scale, authentic evidence of the input learners are
exposed to and the output they produce, allowing researchers to
identify patterns of language use in real contexts. Experimental
techniques – such as eye-tracking and reaction-time paradigms – offer
fine-grained insights into the cognitive mechanisms underlying
language acquisition, comprehension, and production (Durrant &
Siyanova-Chanturia, 2015). While corpus linguistics observes
linguistic behaviour through quantitative and qualitative analyses of
corpus data, psycholinguistics investigates the cognitive and
attentional mechanisms that shape language processing across
modalities (reading, listening, speaking, and writing) (Durrant et
al., 2022). Further, corpus data can be used to generate hypotheses
about second language processing, which are subsequently tested
through psycholinguistic experiments; conversely, psycholinguistic
research often incorporates corpus evidence to design stimuli, to
compare experimental results with usage patterns, or to interpret
findings in light of real language data (Gilquin & Gries, 2009).
A domain that has particularly benefited from this integration is the
lexical and phraseological level (Schilk, 2020). Lexical processing is
highly sensitive to factors such as frequency, association strength,
semantic transparency, and contextual predictability – all dimensions
that can be precisely quantified through corpus analysis and
systematically manipulated in experimental settings
(Siyanova-Chanturia & van-Lancker Sidtis, D., 2019; Deshors & Gries,
2022). This makes lexical and phraseological combinations an ideal
testing ground for linking distributional evidence with processing
mechanisms. Eye-tracking studies, for instance, have been increasingly
used to examine how learners attend to and process single words and
phraseological combinations during reading or listening
(Pellicer-Sánchez & Siyanova-Chanturia, 2018; Fioravanti &
Siyanova-Chanturia, 2024).
This joint perspective also has important pedagogical and
lexicographic implications (Gilquin, 2022). A deeper understanding of
how learners internalise and process phraseological units can inform
the development of teaching materials, data-driven learning practices,
and learner dictionaries that reflect authentic usage and cognitive
accessibility.
Despite the potential of integrating corpus-based and experimental
methodologies, studies that effectively combine these two approaches
remain relatively limited. This special issue therefore aims to
encourage further integration between corpus linguistics and
psycholinguistics and to advance the scientific debate on how their
complementary perspectives can enhance research on L2 lexical and
phraseological development. We particularly welcome empirical,
experimental, mixed-method, and theoretical studies, as well as work
that translates research findings into pedagogical or lexicographic
applications. By bringing together these perspectives, the issue aims
to foster a multidimensional understanding of how lexical knowledge
emerges, is processed, and can be effectively supported in L2
learning.
Possible topics include, but are not limited to:
 - Eye-tracking and other experimental methods in the study of L2
lexical and phraseological processing integrated with corpus evidence;
 - Corpus-informed experimental designs for L2 vocabulary at both
single-word and phraseological level;
 - Integration of corpus data and psycholinguistic evidence in learner
dictionaries;
 - Learner corpora combined with experimental data for the analysis
and annotation of phraseological errors or developmental patterns;
 - Experimental and corpus-based longitudinal studies tracing
learners’ phraseological development and learning trajectories;
 - Pedagogical applications: from experimental findings to teaching
materials and tasks;
 - Theoretical or methodological reflections on the integration of
corpus-based and experimental evidence in L2 lexical research.
Please read the Call for Papers here:
https://revistas.nebrija.com/revista-linguistica/n41
Important Dates:
- Deadline for submission of articles: 30 August 2026
- Notification of review or acceptance: 15 October 2026
- Publication date: November-December 2026
Pre-proposals with an abstract of 400 words will be accepted until 30
June 2026, writing to the guest editor Irene Fioravanti
(irene.effe at gmail.com).

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics
                     Computational Linguistics
                     Language Acquisition
                     Psycholinguistics
                     Text/Corpus Linguistics

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