Experimental computational and corpus based approaches to language learning : evidence and interpretation Language acquisition occupies a central place in the study of human cognition and research&nbsp;on how we learn language can be found across many disciplines from developmental psychology and linguistics to education philosophy and neuroscience. The investigation of a complex phenomenon like language acquisition naturally requires insights tools and methods&nbsp;from many disciplines yet it is still relatively rare to find studies that combine multiple&nbsp;approaches. This volume brings together leading researchers in cognitive psychology corpus&nbsp;research developmental psychology linguistics and natural language processing to discuss&nbsp;opportunities and challenges of combining multiple approaches to language learning. The peer reviewed chapters in this volume are written in an accessible and engaging fashion.&nbsp;Together they provide the reader with a panorama of the exciting research currently being&nbsp;conducted at the intersection of experimental computational and corpus based approaches&nbsp;to language learning. <div id= _mcePaste style= position: absolute; left: 10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow: hidden; >chology< div> <div id= _mcePaste style= position: absolute; left: 10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow: hidden; >and linguistics to education philosophy and neuroscience. The investigation of achology< div> <div id= _mcePaste style= position: absolute; left: 10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow: hidden; >and linguistics to education philosophy and neuroscience. The investigation of a< div> Machine generated contents note: FOREWORD............... 5 Patrick Rebuschat Detmar Meurers and Tony McEnery Language Learning Research at the Intersection of Experimental Computational and Corpus Based Approaches............... 6 13 Padraic Monaghan and Caroline F. Rowland Combining Language Corpora With Experimental and Computational Approaches for Language Acquisition Research............... 14 39 Nick C. Ellis Cognition Corpora and Computing: Triangulating Research in Usage Based Language Learning............... 40 65 Detmar Meurers and Markus Dickinson Evidence and Interpretation in Language Learning Research: Opportunities for Collaboration With Computational Linguistics............... 66 95 Anke L&uml;udeling Hagen Hirschmann and Anna Shadrova Linguistic Models Acquisition Theories and Learner Corpora: Morphological Productivity in SLA Research Exemplified by Complex Verbs in German............... 96 129 Dana Gablasova Vaclav Brezina and Tony McEnery Exploring Learner Language Through Corpora: Comparing and Interpreting Corpus Frequency Information............... 130 154 Dana Gablasova Vaclav Brezina and Tony McEnery Collocations in Corpus Based Language Learning Research: Identifying Comparing and Interpreting the Evidence............... 155 179 <div id= _mcePaste style= position: absolute; left: 10000px; top: 227px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow: hidden; >Theodora Alexopoulou Marije Michel Akira Murakami < div> <div id= _mcePaste style= position: absolute; left: 10000px; top: 227px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow: hidden; >and Detmar Meurers< div> <div>Theodora Alexopoulou Marije Michel Akira Murakami and Detmar Meurers Task Effects on Linguistic Complexity and Accuracy:A Large Scale Learner Corpus Analysis Employing Natural Language Processing Techniques............... 180 208 <div>Nicole Ziegler Detmar Meurers Patrick Rebuschat Sim&acute;on Ruiz Jos&acute;e L. Moreno Vega Maria Chinkina Wenjing Li and Sarah Grey Interdisciplinary Research at the Intersection of CALL NLP and SLA: Methodological Implications From an Input Enhancement Project............... 209 231 Katrin Wisniewski Empirical Learner Language and the Levels of the Common European Framework of Reference............... 232 253 Brian MacWhinney A Shared Platform for Studying Second Language Acquisition............... 254 275 INDEX............... 276 287< div> < div&gt The special issue contains conceptual and empirical papers combining perspectives from a range of disciplines including second language research corpus linguistics computational linguistics and cognitive psychology. Papers (a) discuss recent work and trends (b) outline opportunities and challenges of working across disciplinary and methodological boundaries as well as (c) propose directions for future research. The special issue is inspired by a symposium organized by the ESRC Centre for Corpus Approaches to Social Science at Lancaster University and the journal Language Learning (2015)