Form Meaning Connections in Second Language Acquisition is an interdisciplinary and timely edited book of essays and empirical studies, most of which are based on the papers presented at the Form and Meaning Conference held in Chicago in 2002. The goal of the conference and now of the book is to present linguistic and cognitive approaches to second language acquisition, attempting to integrate external and internal issues in interlanguage development, while outlining directions for future research The editors address questions such as: What is the nature and sequence of the form-meaning mapping process? How are these connections made? How are these connections used to construct grammars and lexicons? And, how can conditions and external factors be manipulated to improve the chances of making these form-meaning connections?Contributors to this volume include such second language acquisition scholars as Susan Gass, Nick Ellis, Kathleen Bardovi-Harlig, Catherine Doughty, and Diane Larsen-Freeman. They address these form-meaning issues from a variety of settings and from multiple perspectives.Researchers and graduate students in applied linguistics, cognitive psychology, linguistics and language pedagogy will find this volume to be an important resource.Table of ContentsPreface. Form-Meaning Connections in Second Language Aquisition.Bill VanPatten, Jessica Williams, Susanne RottAll of the University of Illinois at ChicagoSection I: Factors and ProcessesInput and Output in Establishing Form-Meaning ConnectionsBill VanPattenUniversity of Illinois at ChicagoThe Processes of Second Language AcquisitionNick C. EllisUniversity of Wales, BangorContext and Second Language Acquisition Susan M. GassMichigan State UniversityA Multiple-Factor Account for the Form-Meaning Connections in the Acquisition of Tense-Aspect Morphology Yasuhiro ShiraiCornell UniversitySection II: Evidence and ImpactThe Emergence of Grammaticalized Future Expression in Longitudinal Production Data Kathleen Bardovi-HarligIndiana UniversityCognitive Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition: Motion Events in a Typological Framework Teresa CadiernoUniversity of Southern DenmarkKaren LundThe Danish University of EducationBeyond Syntax: Performance Factors in L2 Behavior xxElaine C. Kleinueens College and The Graduate Center, City University of New YorkSection III: Research and the ClassroomEffects of Instruction on Learning a Second Language: A Critique of Instructed SLA ResearchCatherine J. DoughtyUniversity of HawaiiImplicit Learning of Form-Meaning ConnectionsJohn N. WilliamsUniversity of CambridgeTheoretical and Methodological Issues in Research on Semantic and Structural Elaboration in Lexical Acquisition Joe BarcroftWashington UniversitySection IV: CommentaryReflections on Form-Meaning Connection Research in Second Language Acquisition xxDiane Larsen-FreemanUniversity of Michigan