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Reader, Senior Lecturer
- English Studies
- Centre for Languages and Literature
Contact information
E-mail henrik.gyllstadenglund.luse
Phone +46 46 222 75 57
Room SOL:H317c
Visiting address
Helgonabacken 12, Lund
Postal address
Box 201, 221 00 Lund
Internal post code 20
I am an Associate Professor (Habil.) in English Linguistics here at the Centre for Languages and Literature. My teaching is mainly focused on vocabulary and phraseology, language testing and assessment, scientific methods, and academic writing.
In terms of current research activities, my work is mainly focused on the following three strands:
* Multilingualism and what role an individual's total linguistic repertoire may play when learning an additional language (in the project 'MultiLingual Spaces')
* Second Language Acquisition (SLA), where I mainly investigate how words and phrases are processed and represented in the multilingual mental lexicon, using psycholinguistic methods and approaches.
* Language Testing and Assessment; here I am especially interested in validity and reliability aspects to do with tests of vocabulary and phraseology.
For more information about my research, click on the links here below.
Research
My profile in Lund University research portal
Books (1)
Editorships (3)
- (2022). (Ed.) Language Practices in English Classrooms : From Primary School to Higher Education. Languages. MDPI AG.
- Barfield, A. & Gyllstad, H. (2009). (Eds.) Researching Collocations in Another Language - Multiple Interpretations. Palgrave Macmillan.
- Gyllstad, H. & Heinat, F. (2003). (Eds.) The Department of English in Lund : Working Papers in Linguistics Vol. 3. The Department of English in Lund: Working Papers in Linguistics, 3. The Department of English, Centre for Languages and Literature, Lund University.
Articles (15)
- Gyllstad, H. (2022). The Ontogenesis Model : How do multiword units fit in, and are most lexical representations in the L1 really at their optima?. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 25, 216-217. Cambridge University Press.
- Gyllstad, H., Sundqvist, P., Sandlund, E. & Källkvist, M. (2022). Effects of Word Definitions on Meaning Recall : A Multisite Intervention in Language-Diverse Second Language English Classrooms. Language Learning. Wiley-Blackwell.
- Källkvist, M., Gyllstad, H., Sandlund, E. & Sundqvist, P. (2022). Towards an In-Depth Understanding of English-Swedish Translanguaging Pedagogy in Multilingual EFL Classrooms. HumaNetten, 48, 138-167. Institutionen för humaniora, Växjö universitet.
- Sundqvist, P., Sandlund, E., Källkvist, M. & Gyllstad, H. (2022). Language Practices in English Classrooms : Guest Editors' Introduction to the Special Issue. Languages, 7. MDPI AG.
- Gyllstad, H., McLean, S. & Stewart, J. (2021). Using Confidence Intervals to Determine Adequate Item Sample Sizes for Vocabulary Tests : An Essential but Overlooked Practice. Language Testing, 38, 558-579. SAGE Publications.
- Lloyd-Smith, A., Gyllstad, H., Kupisch, T. & Quaglia, S. (2021). Heritage language proficiency does not predict syntactic CLI into L3 English. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 24, 435-451. Routledge.
- Gyllstad, H. & Suhonen, L.-V. (2017). Is attrition a type of learning? : Modelling change in the multilingual mental lexicon. Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism, 7, 700-703. John Benjamins Publishing Company.
- Källkvist, M., Gyllstad, H., Sandlund, E. & Sundqvist, P. (2017). English Only in Multilingual Classrooms?. LMS - Lingua, 2017, 27-31. Lärarna i moderna språk.
- Lloyd-Smith, A., Gyllstad, H. & Kupisch, T. (2017). Transfer into L3 English : Global accent in German-dominant heritage speakers of Turkish. Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism, 7, 131-162. John Benjamins Publishing Company.
- Carrol, G., Conklin, K. & Gyllstad, H. (2016). Found in translation : the influence of the L1 on the reading of idioms in a L2. Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 38, 403-443. Cambridge University Press.
- Gyllstad, H. & Wolter, B. (2016). Collocational processing in light of the phraseological continuum model : Does semantic transparency matter?. Language Learning, 66, 296-323. Wiley-Blackwell.
- Gyllstad, H., Vilkaite, L. & Schmitt, N. (2015). Assessing vocabulary size through multiple-choice formats : Issues with guessing and sampling rates. ITL: Institut Voor Toegepaste Linguistik, 166, 278-306. John Benjamins Publishing Company.
- Wolter, B. & Gyllstad, H. (2013). Frequency of Input and L2 Collocational Processing: A Comparison of Congruent and Incongruent Collocations. Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 35, 451-482. Cambridge University Press.
- Wolter, B. & Gyllstad, H. (2011). Collocational links in the L2 mental lexicon and the influence of L1 intralexical knowledge. Applied Linguistics, 32, 430-449. Oxford University Press.
- Gyllstad, H. (2005). The Word Doctor. Essential Teacher: Compleat Links, 2. TESOL.
Book chapters (13)
- Källkvist, M., Gyllstad, H., Sandlund, E. & Sundqvist, P. (accepted/in press). Reciprocity and challenges in researcher - student collaboration in a multilingual school. In Erickson, G., Bardel, C. & Little, D. (Eds.) Collaborative Research in Language Education Research : Reciprocal Benefits and Challenges. Mouton de Gruyter.
- Källkvist, M., Sandlund, E., Sundqvist, P. & Gyllstad, H. (2023). Interaction in the Multilingual Classroom. In Kecskes, I. (Ed.) Cambridge Handbooks in Language and Linguistics, The Cambridge Handbook of Intercultural Pragmatics (pp. 836-868). Cambridge University Press.
- Källkvist, M., Gyllstad, H., Sandlund, E. & Sundqvist, P. (2022). Språkpraktiker som didaktiskt kontrakt i skolämnet engelska. In Nordin, A. & Uljens, M. (Eds.) Didaktikens språk : om skolundervisningens mål, innehåll och form (pp. 103-120). Gleerups Utbildning AB.
- Gyllstad, H. & Snoder, P. (2021). Exploring learner corpus data for language testing and assessment purposes : The case of verb + noun collocations. In Granger, S. (Ed.) Perspectives on the L2 Phrasicon : The view from learner corpora (pp. 49-71). Multilingual Matters.
- Källkvist, M., Sundqvist, P., Gyllstad, H. & Sandlund, E. (2021). Flerspråkiga praktiker : en resurs i engelskundervisningen?. Resultatdialog 2021, 37-39. Vetenskapsrådet.
- Sundqvist, P., Gyllstad, H., Kàllkvist, M. & Sandlund, E. (2021). Mapping teacher beliefs and practices about multilingualism : The development of the multiBAP questionnaire. Pedagogical Translanguaging : Theoretical, Methodological and Empirical Perspectives, 56-75. Channel View Publications.
- Sundqvist, P., Gyllstad, H., Källkvist, M. & Sandlund, E. (2021). Mapping Teacher Beliefs and Practices about Multilingualism : The Development of the MultiBAP Questionnaire. In Juvonen, P. & Källkvist, M. (Eds.) Pedagogical Translanguaging : Theoretical, Methodological and Empirical Perspectives (pp. 56-75). Multilingual Matters.
- Gyllstad, H. (2019). Measuring Knowledge of Multiword Items. In Webb, S. (Ed.) Routledge Handbooks in Linguistics, Routledge Handbook of Vocabulary Studies (pp. 387-405). Routledge.
- Gyllstad, H. & Schmitt, N. (2018). Testing formulaic language. In Siyanova-Chanturia, A. & Pellicer-Sánchez, A. (Eds.) Second Language Acquisition Research, Understanding formulaic language : A second language acquisition perspective (pp. 174-191). Routledge.
- Gyllstad, H., Granfeldt, J., Bernardini, P. & Källkvist, M. (2014). Linguistic correlates to communicative proficiency levels of the CEFR: The case of syntactic complexity in written L2 English, L3 French and L4 Italian. In Roberts, L., Vedder, I. & Jan H., H. (Eds.) EUROSLA Yearbook (pp. 1-30), 14. John Benjamins Publishing Company.
- Gyllstad, H. (2013). Looking at L2 Vocabulary Knowledge Dimensions from an Assessment Perspective – Challenges and Potential Solutions. In Bardel, C., Laufer, B. & Lindqvist, C. (Eds.) L2 vocabulary acquisition, knowledge and use: New perspectives on assessment and corpus analysis (pp. 11-28), Eurosla Monographs Series, 2. EUROSLA.
- Barfield, A. & Gyllstad, H. (2009). Introduction: Researching Second Language Collocation Knowledge and Development. In Barfield, A. & Gyllstad, H. (Eds.) Researching Collocations in Another Language - Multiple Interpretations (pp. 1-18). Palgrave Macmillan.
- Gyllstad, H. (2009). Designing and Evaluating Tests of Receptive Collocation Knowledge: COLLEX and COLLMATCH. In Barfield, A. & Gyllstad, H. (Eds.) Researching Collocations in Another Language - Multiple Interpretations (pp. 153-170). Palgrave Macmillan.
Encyclopaedia entries (1)
Conference contributions (67)
- Källkvist, M., Gyllstad, H., Sundqvist, P. & Sandlund, E. (2022). Pedagogical translanguaging and L2 English vocabulary learning during an intervention.
- Källkvist, M., Gyllstad, H., Sundqvist, P. & Sandlund, E. (2021). Practiced Language Policy in a Multilingual English Classroom : A nexus analysis of a lead teacher and his students.
- Källkvist, M., Sundqvist, P., Sandlund, E. & Gyllstad, H. (2021). Teachers, students and researchers as language-policy makers : A nexus analysis of research in multilingual classrooms.
- Lloyd-Smith, A., Gyllstad, H. & Kupisch, T. (2021). Lexical proficiency as a measure of language vitality in North Sámi.
- Sandlund, E., Sundqvist, P., Källkvist, M. & Gyllstad, H. (2021). 'Gamification' in the L2 English Classroom : Learners' interactional management of plenum Kahoot sessions for vocabulary learning.
- Gyllstad, H., Sundqvist, P. & Källkvist, M. (2020). Vocabulary learning under three different language conditions in foreign/second language (L2) English classrooms in Sweden.
- Gyllstad, H., Sundqvist, P., Källkvist, M. & Sandlund, E. (2020). Vocabulary learning under three different language conditions in six multilingual L2 English classrooms in Sweden.
- Källkvist, M., Gyllstad, H. & Sundqvist, P. (2020). Language Practices in a Multilingual English Classroom : Student Attitudes to Monolingual, Bilingual and Multilingual Practices.
- Källkvist, M., Gyllstad, H., Sandlund, E. & Sundqvist, P. (2020). Students and their teacher as language-policy makers in two multilingual secondary-school English classrooms.
- Sundqvist, P., Gyllstad, H. & Sandlund, E. (2020). MultiBAP : Developing and validating a questionnaire instrument for mapping teacher beliefs and practices about multilingualism.
- Gyllstad, H., Källkvist, M., Sandlund, E. & Sundqvist, P. (2019). Translanguaging in English Classrooms in Sweden? : A Study of Teacher Beliefs and Practices.
- Gyllstad, H., McLean, S. & Stewart, J. (2019). Empirically investigating the adequacy of item sample sizes of vocabulary levels and vocabulary size tests – A bootstrapping approach.
- Källkvist, M., Gyllstad, H., Sandlund, E. & Sundqvist, P. (2019). English Only i Multilingual Classrooms? : A Study of Students' Self-Reported Practices and Attitudes.
- Källkvist, M., Gyllstad, H., Sandlund, E. & Sundqvist, P. (2019). English-Swedish Translanguaging in Multilingual Secondary English Classrooms : A Study of Students' Attitudes.
- Källkvist, M., Gyllstad, H., Sandlund, E. & Sundqvist, P. (2019). Translanguaging Practices in English Language Teaching in Scandinavian Contexts.
- Källkvist, M., Gyllstad, H., Sundqvist, P. & Sandlund, E. (2019). Code-switching in two multilingual secondary-school English classrooms in Sweden : Teacher practices and students' attitudes.
- Källkvist, M., Sundqvist, P., Gyllstad, H. & Sandlund, E. (2019). Språkpraktiker i flerspråkiga klassrum : engelska på högstadiet.
- Lloyd-Smith, A., Pereira Soares, S. M., Di Pisa, G., Gyllstad, H. & Kupisch, T. (2019). Operationalizing HL use in adult-aged HSs of Italian and Turkish.
- Nylander, E. & Gyllstad, H. (2019). Adult upper secondary school level students’ lexical inferencing : Investigating the effects of collaboration, global L2 proficiency and patterns of interaction.
- Sandlund, E., Sundqvist, P., Källkvist, M. & Gyllstad, H. (2019). "Nej, it's RING!" : Language Practices in multilingual English classrooms.
- Sundqvist, P., Gyllstad, H., Källkvist, M. & Sandlund, E. (2019). L2 English teaching and vocabulary learning under three different conditions for language use : An intervention study in real classrooms.
- Källkvist, M., Gyllstad, H., Sandlund, E. & Sundqvist, P. (2018). Alltid engelska i engelskundervisningen? : Flerspråkiga elevers perspektiv.
- Sundqvist, P., Gyllstad, H., Källkvist, M. & Sandlund, E. (2018). Developing and validating a questionnaire to map teacher beliefs and practices relating to multilingualism.
- Sundqvist, P., Gyllstad, H., Källkvist, M. & Sandlund, E. (2018). Language Practices and Ideologies among English Teachers in Sweden.
- Sundqvist, P., Gyllstad, H., Källkvist, M. & Sandlund, E. (2018). Teacher Beliefs and Practices : Multilingualism in English Classrooms.
- Källkvist, M., Gyllstad, H., Sandlund, E. & Sundqvist, P. (2017). Framtidens undervisning i engelska : enspråkig, tvåspråkig eller flerspråkig?.
- Källkvist, M., Gyllstad, H., Sandlund, E. & Sundqvist, P. (2017). Multilingual Spaces : Language Practices in English Classrooms. A Project Presentation.
- Lloyd-Smith, A., Gyllstad, H., Kupisch, T. & Quaglia, S. (2017). When early bilinguals acquire foreign languages : The role of language dominance for syntactic and phonological transfer.
- Gyllstad, H. (2016). Comparing L1 and L2 phraseological processing : free combinations, collocations and idioms.
- Gyllstad, H. (2016). Processing Specificity in Learning Collocations.
- Gyllstad, H. (2016). Using measures of lexical knowledge as proxies for general language proficiency.
- Lloyd-Smith, A., Gyllstad, H., Kupisch, T., Quaglia, S. & Suhonen, L.-V. (2016). Language dominance as the main predictor for syntactic transfer in heritage speakers acquiring L3 English : Embedded wh-questions, lexical and phonological proficiency.
- Nylander, E. & Gyllstad, H. (2016). Advanced learners’ lexical inferencing : Investigating the effects of depth of vocabulary knowledge and target word part-of-speech.
- Gyllstad, H. (2015). A Research-based Approach to Vocabulary Learning and Teaching : Encouraging Learner Autonomy and Accountability.
- Gyllstad, H. (2015). Pay an invoice, pay a visit, pay the piper : Testing the predictions of a phraseological continuum model for processing in a second language. EUROSLA 25 : Book of Abstracts, 147-147.
- Lloyd-Smith, A., Gyllstad, H. & Kupisch, T. (2015). Phonological transfer in Turkish heritage speakers acquiring English as an L3.
- Lloyd-Smith, A., Gyllstad, H. & Kupisch, T. (2015). The role of language dominance in German-Turkish heritage speakers of L3 English.
- Carrol, G., Conklin, K. & Gyllstad, H. (2014). A problem shared is a problem halved : How does congruency between languages affect idiom processing in bilingual speakers.
- Carrol, G., Conklin, K. & Gyllstad, H. (2014). Found in translation : Evidence from response times and eye-tracking shows that translated idioms are treated as formulaic units in L2.
- Gyllstad, H. & Wolter, B. (2014). Processing L2 Word Combinations: What Role Does Degree of Semantic Transparency Play?.
- Gyllstad, H. & Wolter, B. (2014). Processing word combinations in a foreign language : Testing the predictions of a phraseological continuum model.
- Vilkaite, L. & Gyllstad, H. (2014). Formulaic Language: How Can It Be Assessed?.
- Granfeldt, J., Bernardini, P., Gyllstad, H., Källkvist, M. & Wiberg, E. (2013). Linguistic correlates to the CEFR levels.
- Granfeldt, J., Gyllstad, H. & Källkvist, M. (2013). Linguistic correlates to communicative proficiency levels of the CEFR:The case of syntactic complexity in L2 English and L3 French. In Rosén, C., Simfors, P. & Sundberg, A.-K. (Eds.) Språk i undervisning. Rapport från ASLA:s vårsymposium, Linköping, 11-12 maj, 2012 (pp. 103-113), 24. ASLA, Association suédoise de linguistique appliquée.
- Gyllstad, H. & Wolter, B. (2013). The Semantics of Word Combinations : Learners’ Processing of Collocations and Free Combinations.
- Schmitt, N., Gyllstad, H. & Vilkaite, L. (2013). Investigating the vocabulary size Test: How well does it work for SLA research purposes?.
- Vilkaite, L., Gyllstad, H. & Schmitt, N. (2013). Vocabulary size and EAP: Evaluating the Vocabulary Size Test.
- Granfeldt, J., Bernardini, P., Gyllstad, H., Källkvist, M. & Wiberg, E. (2012). Lingvistiska korrelat till den Gemensamma europeiska referensramens nivåer.
- Gyllstad, H. (2012). Validating the Vocabulary Size Test.
- Vilkaite, L., Gyllstad, H. & Schmitt, N. (2012). Validation evidence for and against the Vocabulary Size Test – A closer look at the 3K, 6K and 9K bands.
- Gyllstad, H. (2011). A short longitudinal study of foreign language vocabulary size – the case of advanced Swedish learners of English.
- Wolter, B. & Gyllstad, H. (2011). Collocational processing in an L2: The role of L1 knowledge and frequency of input.
- Wolter, B. & Gyllstad, H. (2011). Collocational processing in an L2: The role of L1 knowledge and frequency of input.
- Gyllstad, H. (2010). L2 Vocabulary Knowledge Constructs and Assessment - What Is the Way Forward?.
- Gyllstad, H. (2010). Less is more? Advanced learners' knowledge of a high-frequency polysemous verb.
- Gyllstad, H. & Wolter, B. (2010). Investigating the potential influence of L1 intralexical links on the formation of L2 intralexical links.
- Wadsö-Lecaros, C., Beijer, F., Gyllstad, H., Johansson, M., Lecaros, M., Lindström, F., Schönthal, T. & Stymne, R. (2010). AWELU : En webbaserad plattform för akademiskt skrivande på engelska vid LU. Textkompendium för HT-områdets pedagogiska inspirationskonferens, 79-85. Område humaniora och teologi, Lunds universitet.
- Wolter, B. & Gyllstad, H. (2009). L1 knowledge and the development of L2 intralexical links.
- Gyllstad, H. (2007). Positioning tests of collocation knowledge in relation to assumed L2 vocabulary dimensions.
- Gyllstad, H. & Wolter, B. (2006). Lexical and conceptual network restructuring - a fresh take on L2 associative behaviour.
- Gyllstad, H. (2005). Developing and investigating the reliability and validity of tests of collocations for intermediate and advanced learners of English.
- Gyllstad, H. (2005). Developing Test Formats for Collocation Knowledge in Second Language Learners: COLLEX and COLLMATCH.
- Gyllstad, H. (2005). Devising and evaluating tests of collocation knowledge: COLLEX and COLLMATCH.
- Gyllstad, H. (2005). Devising Tests of Collocational Knowledge – Some Preliminary Results.
- Gyllstad, H. (2004). Testing L2 Vocabulary - Swedish Learners of English, Their Knowledge of Lexical Collocations and How to Test It.
- Gyllstad, H. (2004). Testing L2 vocabulary: Swedish advanced learners of English and their command of collocations.
- Gyllstad, H. (2004). Testing L2 Vocabulary: Swedish Learners of English, Their Command of Lexical Collocations and How to Test It.
Working papers (2)
- Gyllstad, H. (2005). Words that go together well: developing test formats for measuring learner knowledge of English collocations. The Department of English in Lund: Working Papers in Linguistics, Volume 5.
- Gyllstad, H. (2004). Testing L2 Vocabulary: current test formats in English as a L2 used at Swedish universities. The department of English in Lund: working papers in linguistics.
Reviews (1)
Articles in specialist publications and popular press (1)
Supervision at Lund University (1)
Teaching
Other tasks and qualifications
Supervision of doctoral students- I have supervised two doctoral students up to completion and received PhD: Anika Lloyd-Smith, Konstanz University in Germany, March 2020 (as assistant supervisor), and Lari-Valtteri Suhonen, Lund University, December 2020 (as main supervisor).
- Currently, I am the main supervisor for two doctoral students (Elin Nylander and Sophia Juul, Lund University).
I have been an Opponent/External Examiner for ten PhD Theses: 2012 (Suhad Sonbul), and 2013 (Paweł Szudarski), both at the University of Nottingham, UK; 2014 (Robert Lee Revier), at Aarhus University, Denmark), 2015 (Ketty Holmström) at Lund University (as a substitute committee member); 2016 (Mélodie Garnier), at the University of Nottingham, UK; 2019 (Richard LaBontee), at Gothenburg University, Sweden, and (Per Snoder), at Stockholm University); 2020 (Joanne Yager) at Lund University (as a substitute committee member), Sweden; 2020 (Juan Tang Castillo) at the University of Hong Kong, China, and 2020 (Phillipe Collberg) at Lund University (as a substitute committee member), Sweden.
Reviewer for scientific journals and research funding bodies
- I am a member of the Editorial Board for the journals ITL - International Journal of Applied Linguistics (published by John Benjamins), Lingua (published by Elsevier), and Educare.
- Together with Elke Peters I am an associate editor for the area of 'Lexis' for the second edition of The Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics, to be published by Wiley-Blackwell
- I regularly get asked to review papers for established international scientific journals, and over the years I have carried out reviews for the following (in alphabetical order):
'Applied Linguistics'; 'Applied Linguistics Review'; 'Applied Psycholinguistics'; 'Corpus Linguistics and Linguistic Theory'; 'Frontiers in Psychology'; 'International Journal of Applied Linguistics'; 'International Journal of Corpus Linguistics'; 'International Journal of Learner Corpus Research'; 'International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching'; 'ITL - International Journal of Applied Linguistics'; 'Journal of Psycholinguistic Research'; 'Language Assessment Quarterly'; 'Language Awareness'; 'Language Learning'; 'Language Learning & Technology'; 'Language Teaching'; 'Language Teaching Research'; 'Language Testing'; 'Lingua'; 'Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism'; 'Modern Language Journal'; 'Reading in a Foreign Language'; 'Second Language Research'; 'Studia Linguistica'; 'Studies in Second Language Acquisition'; 'System'; 'TESOL Quarterly'; 'The Mental Lexicon'.
- I have also reviewed articles for the Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics (published by Wiley Blackwell), and book proposals for Routledge and Cambridge University Press.
- I have reviewed research grant proposals for funding bodies in Belgium (FWO) and the Netherlands (NWO, the Dutch Research Council), as well as Hong Kong.
- During 2021-2022 I was a member of the Review Panel for UV-4 Subject Didactics, part of Educational Sciences at the Swedish Research Council (during 2022 I was also the deputy chair).
- I am a member of the Steering Committee of the research environment/group LAMiNATE at the joint Faculties of Humanities and Theology at Lund University.

Reader, Senior Lecturer
- English Studies
- Centre for Languages and Literature
Contact information
E-mail henrik.gyllstadenglund.luse
Phone +46 46 222 75 57
Room SOL:H317c
Visiting address
Helgonabacken 12, Lund
Postal address
Box 201, 221 00 Lund
Internal post code 20