The book offers new and valuable insights into L2 learners' understanding, retrieval and use of idiomatic expressions. This is especially true as the studies included focus on previously largely neglected areas of investigation. It should therefore be a welcome addition to instructors and researchers alike working within this particular field.

? E. Birgitta Svensson, University of Gothenburg, Sweden

Providing a comprehensive, exhaustive and authoritative overview of scholarly research on L2 learners? acquisition, comprehension, retrieval and use of idiomatic expressions, this book also covers previously neglected areas of investigation. It is a must-have for applied linguists, psycholinguists, neurolinguists, practicing teachers, machine-translation researchers, cognitive psychologists, postgraduate and undergraduate students, and more.

? Mohammad Ali Salmani Nodoushan, IECF, Iran

Idiomatic expressions form one of the most difficult areas for language learners and cause problems even for advanced students. Monica Karlsson?s book is an important and longed-for contribution to the study of learners? understanding, retention and production of idioms based on a number of experiments and learners? free essay writing.

? Karin Aijmer, University of Gothenburg, Sweden

Idiomatic Mastery in a First and Second Language is a highly specialized work that will be of interest to seasoned teachers of an L2 at an advanced level, as well as to linguists, educationalists and researchers [...] This is a work to which I will be referring to in planning my own teaching and I am certain other teachers will find her book invaluable.

-- Stuart Foster, Halmstad University, Sweden ? International Journal of Language Studies Volume 13, Number 2 Biografía del autor

Monica Karlsson is Lecturer in English Linguistics and Didactics at Halmstad University, Sweden. She has been working in the field of second language acquisition for 20 years, focusing on the specific areas of grammar and vocabulary.