Peter Robinson is a British linguist and scholar of second language acquisition (SLA)[1][2], currently a professor of Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition in the Department of English at Aoyama Gakuin University in Tokyo, Japan.[3] He is known for his research on the cognitive and psycholinguistic processes involved in adult second language learning.[4]
His work has been published in Applied Linguistics, Studies in Second Language Acquisition, Language Learning, TESOL Quarterly, and the Journal of Pragmatics.[5]
Robinson was named an Inaugural Fellow of the International Association of the Psychology of Language Learning (IAPLL).[6]
Robinson’s research is grounded in cognitive psychology, applied psycholinguistics, and theoretical SLA, focusing on how cognitive factors such as attention, memory, task complexity, and individual differences affect second language learning.[7]
He has edited and authored volumes including Handbook of Cognitive Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition[8] and The Routledge Encyclopedia of Second Language Acquisition.[9]
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edit- ↑ Winn, Laura L.; Giles, Howard; Bradac, James J. (2001). "Language, Truth, and Social Reality in the Work of W. Peter Robinson". Journal of Language and Social Psychology. 20 (1–2): 5–22. doi:10.1177/0261927x01020001001. ISSN 0261-927X.
- ↑ Robinson, Peter; Ting, Sarah chi-chien; Jian Jun Urwin (1995). "Investigating Second Language Task Complexity". RELC Journal. 26 (2): 62–79. doi:10.1177/003368829502600204. ISSN 0033-6882.
- ↑ "ROBINSON, Peter Jake | Researcher Information | J-GLOBAL". jglobal.jst.go.jp. Retrieved 2026-06-23.
- ↑ Robinson, W. Peter (1998). "Language and Social Psychology: An Intersection of Opportunities and Significance". Journal of Language and Social Psychology. 17 (3): 276–301. doi:10.1177/0261927X9801700301. ISSN 0261-927X.
- ↑ "Peter Robinson'Professor of Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition (1996-1999 Associate Professor), Department of English,". www.cl.aoyama.ac.jp. Retrieved 2026-06-23.
- ↑ 青山学院大学大学広報システム管理者 (2022-08-30). "Peter Robinson, Professor of the Department of English, has been selected as Inaugural Fellow of the International Association of the Psychology of Language Learning (IAPLL)." 青山学院大学 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2026-06-23.
- ↑ Majid, Asifa (2004). "W. Peter Robinson and Howard Giles (eds.), The new handbook of language and social psychology. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons, 2001. Pp. 688. Hb $125.00". Language in Society. 33 (3): 429–433. doi:10.1017/S0047404504223053. ISSN 1469-8013.
- ↑ Arik, Engin (2010). "Handbook of Cognitive Linguistics and second language acquisition (review)". The Canadian Journal of Linguistics / La revue canadienne de linguistique. 55 (3): 425–427. doi:10.1353/cjl.2010.0018. ISSN 1710-1115.
- ↑ Long, Avizia Yim (2014). "THE ROUTLEDGE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION. Peter Robinson (Ed.). New York, NY: Routledge, 2013. Pp. xxiv + 756". Studies in Second Language Acquisition. 36 (4): 758–760. doi:10.1017/S0272263114000394. ISSN 0272-2631.