Professor Patrick Rebuschat
Professor of Linguistics and Cognitive ScienceProfile
I am Professor of Linguistics and Cognitive Science at Lancaster University, where I also serve as Director of Internationalization at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.
I am also Distinguished International Professor at the LEAD Graduate School, University of Tübingen, and Director of the Heritage Language 2 Consortium (HL2C), a strategic partnership that brings together six leading universities and the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs. I coordinate the NOVA Lancaster partnership on behalf of Lancaster University and the SLLAT Research Group within the Department of Linguistics and English Language. I also co-direct the Lancaster Language Learning Lab (4L).
I received my PhD from the University of Cambridge and my BA from the University of Lisbon. Prior to joining Lancaster, I taught at Georgetown University, Harvard University, the University of California, Santa Barbara, and the University of Göttingen. I also spent a semester as a Visiting Researcher at the University of Auckland.
If you are interested in joining the Lancaster Language Learning Lab (4L) as a PhD student or postdoctoral fellow, please send me a message.
Research Overview
I am interested in the cognitive basis of language learning and processing, i.e. I study how the mind and brain acquires and processes novel language(s). I am particularly interested in implicit learning, statistical learning, heritage language bilingualism, and second language acquisition.
For more information, including publications, please visit my website or the Language Learning lab website.
PhD Supervision Interests
My research looks at the following six questions, so I am interested in supervising projects on the following: 1. What role do individual differences (e.g., working memory, intelligence, etc.) play in implicit and explicit learning? 2. How does explicit knowledge affect implicit learning? 3. What is the role of frequency in language acquisition? 4. What is the nature of the (implicit) learning mechanism? 5. How do we measure implicit and explicit knowledge? 6. How are implicit and explicit knowledge represented in the mind and, ultimately, the brain?
Selected Publications
Learning vocabulary and grammar from cross-situational statistics
Rebuschat, P., Monaghan, P., Schoetensack, C. 1/01/2021 In: Cognition. 206, 10 p.
Journal article
Implicit learning and language acquisition: Three approaches, one phenomenon
Rebuschat, P. 1/08/2022 In: The cognitive unconscious. Oxford : Oxford University Press ISBN: 9780197501573. Electronic ISBN: 9780197650332.
Chapter
Implicit learning and SLA: A cognitive psychology perspective
Williams, J., Rebuschat, P. 21/12/2022 In: The Routledge Handbook of Second Language Acquisition and Psycholinguistics. London : Routledge ISBN: 9780367893767. Electronic ISBN: 9781003018872.
Chapter
The role of feedback and instruction on the cross-situational learning of vocabulary and morphosyntax: Mixed effects models reveal local and global effects on acquisition
Monaghan, P., Ruiz, S., Rebuschat, P. 30/03/2021 In: Second Language Research. 37, 2, p. 261-289. 29 p.
Journal article
Distinctions in the acquisition of vocabulary and grammar: An individual differences approach
Walker, N., Monaghan, P., Schoetensack, C., Rebuschat, P. 15/06/2020 In: Language Learning. 70, S2, p. 221-254. 34 p.
Journal article
Measuring implicit and explicit knowledge in second language research
Rebuschat, P. 09/2013 In: Language Learning. 63, 3, p. 595–626. 32 p.
Journal article
Implicit and explicit knowledge in second language acquisition
Rebuschat, P., Williams, J.N. 10/2012 In: Applied Psycholinguistics. 33, 4, p. 829-856. 28 p.
Journal article
All Publications
MultiPic Brasil: Brazilian Portuguese in the Multilingual Picture Database
01/01/2024 → 31/12/2025
Research
ESRC CASE project: The interplay of (extra)linguistic factors in successful bilingual development
01/10/2023 → 31/12/2026
Research
ProPerL2: Production and Perception in L2 speech learning
01/01/2023 → 01/08/2024
Research
Camões Institute Chair for Multlingualism and Diversity
16/12/2022 → …
Research
L2 Portuguese @ Lancaster (L2P@L 2023)
01/11/2022 → 31/07/2023
Research
New trends in Chinese as a Second Language
01/11/2022 → 01/10/2023
Research
The role of emotions in implicit and explicit language learning
01/10/2022 → 30/09/2023
Research
Bilingualism at School. The role of (extra)linguistic factors in successful language development
01/09/2022 → 31/08/2024
Research
New Methods and Data in Second Language Learning Research
31/01/2019 → 31/10/2019
Research
Teaching and testing second language pragmatic skills
01/01/2018 → 03/05/2021
Research
The Distributed Practice Effect and Incidental Language Learning
01/06/2014 → 01/07/2024
Research
Individual differences in implicit and explicit learning
01/02/2013 → 31/07/2018
Research
Test: Effects of implicit perceptual training and cognitive aptitude on the perception and production of non-native contrasts
01/01/1900 → …
Research
XVIth International Congress for the Study of Child Language
Participation in conference - Academic
The 33rd Conference of the European Second Language Association
Participation in conference - Academic
the European Second Language Association
Invited talk
Individual differences in the L2 acquisition of tonal languages
Invited talk
What can cross-situational statistical learning tell us about bilingual development and second language acquisition?
Invited talk
What can cross-situational statistical learning tell us about bilingual development and second language acquisition?
Invited talk
Does perception training facilitate word learning? Evidence from L2 Portuguese
Oral presentation
Individual differences in language learning: Insights from cross-situational learning research
Invited talk
The Optimal Lag for Intentional and Incidental Language Learning
Oral presentation
Tracking the Development of Noun-Adjective Collocations in L2 Learners of Portuguese: A Learner Corpus Analysis
Oral presentation
The contribution of cross-situational statistical learning to the study of heritage languages
Invited talk
Towards a systematic review of adult language learning of lexical tone
Invited talk
Bilingualism Matters Research Symposium
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
A systematic methodological review of offline Input Processing research
Invited talk
Towards a systematic review of adult language learning of phonology
Invited talk
American Association of Applied Linguistics
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Eliciting data in second language research: Challenge and innovation
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
35th annual meeting of the Cognitive Science Society
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Implicit learning out of the lab: Language and Music
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
23rd annual meeting of the European Second Language Association (EUROSLA 23)
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Summer School in Cognitive Linguistics
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Summer School in Cognitive Linguistics
Visiting an external academic institution
Summer School: Bilingual Minds, Bilingual Machines, organized by the Cognition Institute, Plymouth University
Visiting an external academic institution
Implicit and explicit learning of (L2) syntax
Invited talk
Annual meeting of American Association for Applied Linguistics
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Linguistics (Journal)
Publication peer-review
Cognitive Science (Journal)
Publication peer-review
Bilingualism: Language and Cognition (Journal)
Publication peer-review
Implicit and explicit learning of languages
Invited talk
31st Second Language Research Forum (SLRF 31)
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Verbal reports, think-alouds and subjective measures: A contribution to the Williams-Leow debate.
Invited talk
Annual meeting of the American Association for Applied Linguistics
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics (GURT)
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics (GURT)
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Implicit and explicit knowledge in second language acquisition
Invited talk
Implicit and explicit learning of language
Invited talk
Implicit and explicit artificial language learning
Invited talk
30th Second Language Research Forum (SLRF 30)
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
21st annual meeting of the European Second Language Association (EUROSLA 21)
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Implicit and explicit learning of languages
Invited talk
Language Teaching Research (Journal)
Publication peer-review
Language Learning (Journal)
Publication peer-review
Language Learning Research Lab
Language Learning Research Lab
Language Learning Research Lab
Language Learning Research Lab
Language Learning Research Lab
Language Learning Research Lab
- Language Learning Research Lab
- Research Group in Cognitive Linguistics
- SLLAT - Second Language Learning and Teaching Research Group