Language acquisition socialization: Sociocognitive and complexity theory perspectives; by Assia BAGHDADI (pp. 1-22); The impact of background knowledge on test performance: A multivariate G-theory approach; by Seyyed Mohammad ALAVI & Hossein KARAMI (pp. 23-44); A pragmatic analysis of diminutives in Palestinian society; by Mahmood K. M. ESHRETEH (pp. 45-62); Second language teacher education: Preparing teachers for the needs of second language learners; by Aseel KANAKRI (pp. 63-94); Exploring a novice Chinese EFL teacher's writing beliefs and practices: A systemic functional perspective; by Xiaodong ZHANG (pp. 95-118); A pragma-semiotic analysis of the Catholic bishops' communiqué on the Ebola epidemic: Impact on the University of Ibadan Catholic faithful; by Patience Obiageri SOLOMON-ETEFIA & Gerald Okechukwu NWEYA (pp. 119-142); Book Review by Azizeh Chalak (pp. 143-151).

Papers in this issue include: (1) Ana María Díaz Collazos & Diego Pascual y Cabo, Vocalic instability in L3 acquisition: The case of falling diphthongs [aj] [oj] among Japanese learners of Spanish; (2) Samuel Atechi, Pidgin English in Cameroon: To teach or not to teach; (3) Mostafa Zamanian & Reza Mobashshernia, A survey of PhD programs in TEFL: Curricular strengths and weaknesses in Iranian universities; (4) Saeed Taki, Cross-cultural communication and metaphorical competence; (5) Mohammad Ali Salmani Nodoushan, The place of genre analysis in international communication; (6) Kamal Heidari Soureshjani & Nasser Rashidi, On the Iranian EFL learners' working memory in reading: Does gender make any difference? (7) Shih-min Li & Huei-ling Lai, Hakka aspectual Ted4 constructions: A constructional approach; (8) Parviz Birjandi, Parisa Daftarifard & Rense Lange, The effects of dynamic assessment on Rasch item and person hierarchies in second language testing

Papers in this special issue on Figurative Language: (1) Cecilia BJÖRKÉN-NYBERG: Vocalising motherhood: The metaphorical conceptualisation of voice in listener responses to The girl on the train by Paula Hawkins (pp. 1-28); (2) Danielle CUDMORE: Prophet, poet, seer, skald: Poetic diction in Merlínusspá (pp. 29-60); (3) Kristina HILDEBRAND: "As fayre an handid man" Malory's figurative language (pp. 61-74); (4) Birgitta SVENSSON: The development of figurative competence in narrative writing: A longitudinal case study (pp. 75-102); (5) Monica KARLSSON: Book Review (pp. 103-106); (6) Keith ALLAN: Book Review (pp. 107-113).

Papers in this issue: Aziyana Bayyr-ool & Vitaly Voinov (pp. 1 - 24); Ellen Thompson, Maria Omana, Javier Collado-Isasi & Amanda Yousuf (pp. 25 - 40); Nancy Sullivan, Robert T. Schatz & Carol Ming-hung Lam (pp. 41 - 70); Brian G. Rubrecht & Kayoko Ishikawa (pp. 71 - 96); Thuy Nga Nguyen & Ghil'ad Zuckermann (pp. 97 - 118); Mohammad Ali Salmani Nodoushan (pp. 119 - 140); Judith Runnels (pp. 141 - 153); Peter Kosta & Diego Gabriel Krivochen (pp. 154 - 182)

Papers in this issue by: James Dean BROWN (1-32); Peter MASTER (33-58); Glenn S. HADIKIN (59-78); Mohammad Ali SALMANI NODOUSHAN (79-102); Noparat TANANURAKSAKUL (103-116); Jonathan Rante CARREON & Richard WATSON TODD (117-138); Eliza C. ANDERSON, Aaron M. VANDERHOFF & Peter J. DONOVICK (139-150); Stephen Pax LEONARD (151-174); Azizeh CHALAK & Hossein HEIDARI TABRIZI (175-184)

This volume contains: Multilingual transfer: L1 morphosyntax in L3 English by Abdelkader HERMAS; Instant messaging in office hours: Use of ellipsis dots at work and Hong Kong culture by Bernie Chun Nam MAK; Royal sport and social distance: Television interviews with Prince Andrew and Princess Anne by Douglas Mark PONTON; Code-mixing and its impact on language competence by Dan LU; Engagement as perception-in-action in process drama for teaching and learning Italian as a second language by Erika C. PIAZZOLI; Assessment of critical thinking skills through reading comprehension by Kassim A. SHAABAN; Book Review: Doerr, N. M., & Lee, K. (2013). Constructing the heritage language learner: Knowledge, power and new subjectivities. Berlin: Walter De Gruyter. [xiii ] 188 pp; ISBN: 978-1-61451-283-7] by Hsiang-Hua CHANG.

Special issue on Systemic Functional Linguistics and (Critical) Discourse Analysis (Guest Editors: Grisel Salmaso & Nick Moore)

Papers in this special issue: (1-32) The meaning of 'because' on a Gricean view, by Valandis BARDZOKAS; (33-50) A jurilinguistic analysis of selected libel cases in Nigeria, by Wasiu Ademola OYEDOKUN-ALLI & Joel Kehinde BABATOPE; (51-68) Mass generics in L3 English: Acquisition route and transfer recovery, by Abdelkader HERMAS; (69-90) The variations and changes of Portuguese in postcolonial Timor-Leste, by Nuno Carlos de ALMEIDA & Davi Borges de ALBUQUERQUE (91-108) The web as corpus in ESL classes: A case study, by Patrizia GIAMPIERI; (109-120) Clearing the mist: The border between linguistic politeness and social etiquette, by Mohammad Ali SALMANI NODOUSHAN; (121-128) Book Review, by Stuart FOSTER; (129-134) Book Review, by Azizeh CHALAK