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51
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19753
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2507
National Ranking
98

Overview

Jan H. Hulstijn is affiliated with the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Their academic work spans multiple disciplines within computer science, social sciences, and arts and humanities, with a focus on several subfields and topics related to language and cognition.

The primary research areas covered in Hulstijn's publications include:

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Language and Linguistics
  • Linguistics and Language
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Cultural Studies

Within these broader fields, Hulstijn's work touches on topics such as:

  • Linguistic Variation and Morphology
  • Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
  • Natural Language Processing Techniques
  • Language and Cultural Evolution
  • Historical Linguistics and Language Studies
  • Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation
  • Digital Communication and Language

The publication record includes articles in several venues, with multiple contributions to the journal Languages. Frequent publication outlets for Hulstijn's work are:

  • Languages
  • Dutch Journal of Applied Linguistics
  • Topics in Cognitive Science

Key recent papers authored by Hulstijn are:

  • Proximate and ultimate explanations of individual differences in language use and language acquisition, 2020, published in Dutch Journal of Applied Linguistics
  • Predictions of Individual Differences in the Acquisition of Native and Non-Native Languages: An Update of BLC Theory, 2024, published in Languages
  • Response to Open Peer Commentaries of Hulstijn's (2024) Update of BLC Theory, 2025, published in Languages

In collaboration, Hulstijn has worked with Falk Huettig, with a shared publication:

  • The Enhanced Literate Mind Hypothesis, 2024, published in Topics in Cognitive Science

Their body of research demonstrates a consistent engagement with language acquisition, bilingualism, cognitive science, and the interplay between linguistic structure and cognitive processes. This interdisciplinary approach integrates computational methods, neurobiological perspectives, and linguistic theory to examine individual differences in language learning and usage.

Best Publications

  • INCIDENTAL VOCABULARY ACQUISITION IN A SECOND LANGUAGE: THE CONSTRUCT OF TASK-INDUCED INVOLVEMENT

    Batia Laufer;Jan Hulstijn

  • SOME EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE FOR THE INVOLVEMENT LOAD HYPOTHESIS IN VOCABULARY ACQUISITION

    Jan H. Hulstijn;Batia Laufer

  • Intentional and incidental second-language vocabulary learning: A reappraisal of elaboration, rehearsal and automaticity

    Jan H. Hulstijn

  • Incidental Vocabulary Learning by Advanced Foreign Language Students: The Influence of Marginal Glosses, Dictionary Use, and Reoccurrence of Unknown Words

    Jan H. Hulstijn;Merel Hollander;Tine Greidanus

  • Retention of Inferred and Given Word Meanings: Experiments in Incidental Vocabulary Learning

    Jan H. Hulstijn

  • THEORETICAL AND EMPIRICAL ISSUES IN THE STUDY OF IMPLICIT AND EXPLICIT SECOND-LANGUAGE LEARNING: Introduction

    Jan H. Hulstijn

  • Incidental and intentional learning

    Jan H. Hulstijn

  • When Do Foreign‐Language Readers Look Up the Meaning of Unfamiliar Words? The Influence of Task and Learner Variables

    Jan H. Hulstijn

  • First Language and Second Language Writing: The Role of Linguistic Knowledge, Speed of Processing, and Metacognitive Knowledge

    Rob Schoonen;Amos van Gelderen;Kees de Glopper;Jan Hulstijn

  • Towards a unified account of the representation, processing and acquisition of second language knowledge

    Jan Hulstijn

  • Under what conditions does explicit knowledge of a second language facilitate the acquisition of implicit knowledge? A research proposal

    J.H. Hulstijn;R. de Graaff

  • Metacognitive and Language-Specific Knowledge in Native and Foreign Language Reading Comprehension: An Empirical Study Among Dutch Students in Grades 6, 8 and 10

    Rob Schoonen;Jan Hulstijn;Bart Bossers

  • Linguistic knowledge, processing speed and metacognitive knowledge in first and second language reading comprehension; a componential analysis.

    Amos van Gelderen;Rob Schoonen;Kees de Glopper;Jan Hulstijn

  • GRAMMATICAL ERRORS AS A FUNCTION OF PROCESSING CONSTRAINTS AND EXPLICIT KNOWLEDGE

    Jan H. Hulstijn;Wouter Hulstijn

  • Avoidance: Grammatical or Semantic Causes.

    Jan H. Hulstijn;Elaine Marchena

  • The shaky ground beneath the CEFR: Quantitative and qualitative dimensions of language proficiency

    Jan H. Hulstijn

  • Language Proficiency in Native and Nonnative Speakers: An Agenda for Research and Suggestions for Second-Language Assessment

    Jan H. Hulstijn

  • Defining a Minimal Receptive Second-Language Vocabulary for Non-native University Students: An Empirical Investigation

    Suzanne Hazenberg;Jan H. Hulstijn

  • Facets of speaking proficiency

    Nivja H. de Jong;Margarita P. Steinel;Arjen F. Florijn;Rob Schoonen

  • Development of adolescent reading comprehension in language 1 and language 2 : A longitudinal analysis of constituent components

    Amos van Gelderen;Rob Schoonen;Reinoud D. Stoel;Kees de Glopper

  • The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: A challenge for applied linguistics

    Jan H. Hulstijn

Frequent Co-Authors

Rob Schoonen
Rob Schoonen Radboud University
Rod Ellis
Rod Ellis Curtin University
Batia Laufer
Batia Laufer University of Haifa
Alison Mackey
Alison Mackey Georgetown University
Lourdes Ortega
Lourdes Ortega Georgetown University
Peter Sleegers
Peter Sleegers University of Twente
James P. Lantolf
James P. Lantolf Pennsylvania State University
Robert DeKeyser
Robert DeKeyser University of Maryland, College Park
Nick C. Ellis
Nick C. Ellis University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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