"This book provides an introduction to the main methods of analysing samples of learner language. It examines the theoretical and research bases for the different methods, and thereby serves as an introduction to the field of second language acquisition research."--Jacket.

Collecting samples of learner language --Error analysis -- Obligatory occasion analysis -- Frequency analysis -- Functional analysis -- Analysing accuracy, complexity, and fluency -- Interactional analysis -- Conversation analysis -- Sociocultural methods of analysis -- Coding data qualitatively -- Critical approaches to analysing learner language -- Metaphor analysis -- Computer-based analyses of learner language / Michael Barlow.