Metalinguistics: A Bibliography

Compiled by Jill Kerper Mora, Ed.D.
San Diego State University

Altman, C., Goldstein, T., & Armon-Lotem, S. (2018). Vocabulary, metalinguistic awareness and language dominance among bilingual preschool children. Frontiers in Psychology, 9(October), 1-16.

Anthony, J. R., Blumenfeld, H. K., Potapova, I., & Pruitt-Lord, S. L. (2022). Language dominance predicts cognate effects and metalinguistic awareness in preschool bilinguals. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 25(3), 922-941.

Apel, K., Wilson-Fowler, E. B., Brimo, D., & Perrin, N. A. (2012). Metalinguistic contributions to reading and spelling in second and third grade students. Reading & Writing, 25, 1283-1305.

Aquino-Sterling, C. R. (2015). Metalinguistic knowledge at play: Using Common Core en Español to develop teaching-specific Spanish competencies in bilingual teacher education in the U.S.A. Revista Comunicación, 24(2), 47-57.

Aznárez-Mauleón, M., López-Flamrique, M., & García-del-Real, I. (2020). La actividad metalingüística en una tarea de escritura colaborativa en Educación Primaria [Metalinguistic activity in a collaborative writing task in Primary Education]. Oncos Revista de Estudios de Lectura, 19(3), 42-54.

Bialystok, E. (2007). Acquisition of literacy in bilingual children: A framework for research. Language Learning, 57(Supp), 45-77.

Bialystok, E. (2001). Bilingualism in development: Language, literacy and cognition. Cambridge University Press.

Bowey, J. A. (1988). Metalinguistic ability and early reading achievement. Applied Pscyholinguistics, 9(4), 367-383.

Camps, A. (2015). Metalinguistic activity in language learning. In T. Ribas, X. Fontich, & O. Guasch (Eds.), Grammar at School: Research on Metalinguistic Activity in Language Education (pp. 25-41). Bern, Switzerland: Peter Lang S.A.

Chen, H., & Myhill, D. (2016). Children talking about writing: Investigating metalinguistic understanding. Linguistics and Education, 35, 100-108.

Cummins, J. (1978). Bilingualism and the development of metalinguistic awareness. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 9(2), 131-149.

Downing, J. (1986). Cognitive clarity: A unifying and cross/cultural theory of language awareness phenomena in reading. In D. B. Yaden & S. Templeton (Eds.), Metalinguistic awareness and beginning literacy: Conceptualizing what it means to read and write. Heinemann.

Flórez Romero, R., Torrado Pacheco, M. C., Arévalos Rodríguez, I., Mesa Güechá, C., & Mondragón Bohórquez, S. P. V., Carolina. (2005). Habilidades metalingüísticas, operaciones metacognitivas y su relación con los niveles de competencia en lectura y escritura: Un estudio exploratoria [Metalinguistic skills, metacognitive operations and their relationship to levels of competency in reading and writing: An exploratory study]. Forma y Función, 18, 15-44.

Fontich, X., & García-Folgado, M. J. (2018). Grammar instruction in the Hispanic area: The case of Spain with attention to empirical studies on metalinguistic activity. L1-Educational Studies in Language and Literature, 18, 1-39.

Francis, N. (1999). Self-correction patterns and metalinguistic awareness: A proposed typology for studying text-processing strategies of proficient readers. Journal of Research in Reading, 22(3), 304-310.

Galambos, S. J., & Hakuta, K. (1988). Subject-specific and task-specific characteristics of metalinguistic awareness in bilingual children. Applied Psycholinguistics, 9(2), 141-162.

Gombert, J. E. (1992). Metalinguistic Development. Harvester Wheatsheaf.

Gutiérrez, X. (2008). What does metalinguistic activity in learners’ interaction during a collaborative L2 writing task look like? The Modern Language Journal 92(4), 521-537.

Gutiérrez, X. (2013). Metalinguistic knowledge, metalingual knowledge, and proficiency in L2 Spanish. Language Awareness, 22(2), 176-191.

Gutiérrez, X. (2013). Metalinguistic knowledge in language-related episodes with covert metalinguistic activity. In K. Roehr & G. A. Ganem-Gutiérrez (Eds.), The metalinguistic dimension in instructed second language learning. Bloomsbury Publishing.

Hakes, D. T. (1980). The development of metalinguistic abilities in children. Springer-Verlag.

Holdaway, D. (1986). The visual face of experience and language: A metalinguistic excursion. In D. B. Yaden & S. Templeton (Eds.), Metalinguistic awareness and beginning literacy: Conceptualizing what it means to read and write (pp. 79-114). Heinemann.

Hugo Rojas, E. S., & Meneses Arévalos, A. C. (2021). Reflexión metalingüística en L1 y escritura: Revisión de investigaciones en contextos escolares [Metalinguistic reflection in L1 and writing. Review of research in school contexts]. Literatura y Lingüística, 44, 315-344.

Jiménez, J. E., & Ortiz, M. R. (2000). Metalinguistic awareness and reading acquisition in the Spanish language. The Spanish Journal of Psychology, 3(001), 37-46.

Ke, S. E., Zhang, D., & Koda, K. (2023). Metalinguistic awareness in second language reading development. Cambridge University Press.

Moats, L. C. (2000). Speech to print: Language essentials for teachers. Paul H. Brookes.

Myhill, D., & Newman, R. (2016). Metatalk: Enabling metalinguistic discussion about writing. International Journal of Educational Research, 80, 177-187.

Roberts, A. D. (2012). The role of metalinguistic awareness in the effective teaching of foreign languages. Bern, Switzerland: Peter Lang.

Serrano, R. (2011). From metalinguistic instruction to metalinguistic knowledge, and from metalinguistic knowledge to performance in error correction and oral production tasks. Language Awareness, 20(1), 1-16.

Purvis, C., McNeill, B. C., & Everatt, J. (2016). Enhancing the metalinguistic abilities of pre-service teachers via coursework targeting language structure knowledge. Annals of Dyslexia, 66(1), 55-70.

Reder, F., Marec-Breton, N. G., Jean-Emile, & Demont, E. (2013). Second-language learenrs’ advantage in metalinguistic awareness: A question of languages’ characteristics. British Journal of Educational Psychology, 83, 686-702.

Roberts, A. D. (2012). The role of metalinguistic awareness in the effective teaching of foreign languages. Peter Lang.

Reig, A. (2020). Regulación metacognitiva y actividad metalingüística durante el proceso de composición escrita en colaboración a partir de la lectura de fuentes diversas [Metacognitive regulation and metalinguistic activity during a collaborative writing composition process based on reading from sources]. Bellaterra Journal of Teaching and Learning Language & Literature, 13(3), 1-21.

Rodríguez-Gonzalo, C., Durán Rivas, C., & Ribas Seiz, T. (2022). La entrevista sobre la escritura con alumnado de Primaria: Un espacio para la reflexión metalingüística [The interview about writing processes with primary school pupils: A place for metalinguistic reflection]. Tejuelo, 35(2).

Roehr, K., & Ganem-Gutiérrez, G. A. (Eds.). (2013). The metalinguistic dimension in instructed second language learning. Bloomsbury Publishing.

Serrano, R. (2011). From metalinguistic instruction to metalinguistic knowledge, and from metalinguistic knowledge to performance in error correction and oral production tasks. Language Awareness, 20(1), 1-16.

Sharwood Smith, M. (2021). The cognitive status of metalinguistic knowledge in speakers of one or more languages. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 24, 185-196.

Slagle, T. (2023). Explicit language instruction: Developing writers’ metalinguistic awareness to facilitate transfer. Journal of Basic Writing, 42(2), 72-101.

Talalakina, E. (2015). Fostering positive transfer through metalinguistic awareness: A case for parallel instruction of synonyms in L1 and L2. Journal of Language and Education, 1(4), 74-80.

Tellier, A. (2013). Developing a measure of metalinguistic awareness for children aged 8-11. In K. Roehr & G. A. Gamen-Gutierrez (Eds.), The metalinguistic dimension in instructed second language learning. (pp. 19-45). Bloomsbury Publishing.

Tunmer, W. E., & Bowey, J. A. (1984). Metalinguistic awareness and reading acquisition. In C. Pratt & M. L. Herriman (Eds.), Metalinguistic awareness in children (pp. 144-168). Springer-Verlag.

Tunmer, W. E., Herriman, M. L., & Nesdale, A. R. (1988). Metalinguistic abilities and beginning reading. Reading Research Quarterly, 23(2), 134-158.

Varga, S. (2021). The relationship between reading skills and metalinguistic awareness. Gradus, 8(1), 52-57.

Yaden, D. B. (1984). Reading research in metalinguistic awareness: Findings, problems, and classroom applications. Visible Language, 18(1 Winter), 5-47.

Yaden, D. B., & Templeton, S. (Eds.). (1986). Metalinguistic awareness and beginning literacy: Conceptualizing what it means to read and write. Heinemann.

Zipke, M., Ehri, L. C., & Cairns, H. S. (2009). Using semantic ambiguity instruction to improve third graders’ metalinguistic awareness and reading comprehension. An experimental study. Reading Research Quarterly, 44(3), 300-321.