Research

Corpus linguistics, learner language, writing development, and AI-assisted writing.

Febriana’s research examines how language develops and varies across learning contexts, academic registers, disciplines, and technology-rich environments.

Featured publications

Selected work

From ‘thinking about’ to ‘taking over’: Mapping the distribution and semantics of multiword verbs in L2 placement test essays.Applied Corpus Linguistics, 2026.
Qualitative research synthesis of project-based language learning and teaching in East and Southeast Asia: 2002–24.Language Teaching Research, 2025.
Analysis of verb argument constructions in L2 learners across proficiency levels: A corpus-based study in L1 Indonesian.Applied Corpus Linguistics, 2024.
Crafting a narrative picture book through project-based language learning in English Language Arts context.Book chapter, Routledge, 2026.
Current projects

Ongoing and under-review work

GenAI and writing research

Current projects examine GenAI personas, genre-based writing pedagogy in the time of GenAI, and AI-supported research workflows.

Register and grammatical complexity

Collaborative work investigates disciplinary register variation, grammatical complexity, and writing development across educational stages.

Language learning and neural adaptation

Ongoing collaborative research examines second-language learning, attentional control, and neural adaptation using behavioral and EEG-based approaches.