Mueller, C. M., & Silvestre Lopez, A. J. (2026). Between the subject and the self: Force dynamics and the divided-person metaphor in acceptance and commitment therapy. Review of Cognitive Linguistics. (link)
Mueller, C. M. (2025). L2 learners’ beliefs regarding their acquisition of English prepositions. Korean TESOL Journal, 21(1), 107-119. (link)
Mueller, C. M., Richardson, P., & Pihlaja, S. (2024). A mental spaces analysis of religious identity discourse. Review of Cognitive Linguistics, 22(2), 541-563. https://doi.org/10.1075/rcl.00159.mue (link)
Mueller, C. M., & Nagashima, M. (2023). Paths to the Buddhist priesthood: A qualitative study of Kōyasan priests. Social Compass, 70(2), 263-282. https://doi.org/10.1177/00377686231162532 (link)
Mueller, C. M., & Richardson, P. (2022). Talking about oneself: Effects of personalized prompts on L2 learners' speech. Journal of Second Language Studies, 5(2), 344-363. https://doi.org/10.1075/jsls.21023.mue (link)
Richardson, P., & Mueller, C. M. (2022). Contested paths: Analyzing unfolding metaphor usage in a debate between Dawkins and Lennox. Metaphor and the Social World, 12(1), 138-158. https://doi.org/10.1075/msw.20004.ric (link)
Mueller, C. M., Richardson, P., Kheovichai, B., Nagashima, M. (2022). A corpus-based comparison of modality in evangelical Christian and Zen Buddhist books. Interdisciplinary Journal of Research on Religion, 18, Article 5. (link)
Mueller, C. M., & Tsushima, Y. (2021). Acquisition of English article uses by Japanese EFL learners. The Language Teacher, 45(4), 3-10. https://doi.org/10.37546/JALTTLT45.4 (link)
Mueller, C. M., & Walzem, A. (2020). Is Willingness to Communicate associated with more positive online chat experiences? JALT Journal, 42(2), 103-120. (link)
Richardson, P., & Mueller, C. M. (2019). Moving and being still: Exploring source domain reversal and force in explanations of enlightenment. Language and Cognition, 11(2), 310-339. (link)
Mueller, C. M., & Tsushima, Y. (2019). Effectiveness of force dynamic explanations of English causative verbs and the role of imagery. Cognitive Linguistics, 30(3), 439-466. (link)
Dolgova, N., & Mueller, C. M. (2019). How useful are corpus tools for error correction? Insights from learner data. Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 39, 97-108. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeap.2019.03.007 (link)
Mueller, C. M. (2019). Which English sounds are difficult? Japanese EFL learners' intuitions versus their performance. The Language Teacher, 43(2), 3-7. (link)
Mueller, C. M. (2018). Initial acquisition of tense-aspect morphology in an artificial language. Second Language Research, 34(4), 517-538. doi:10.1177/026765837750219 (link)
Mueller, C. M. (2018). An experimental investigation of HAM, a new mnemonic technique for learning L2 homonyms and homophones. Vocabulary Learning and Instruction, 7(1), 35-50. https://doi.org/10.7820/vli.v07.2.Mueller (link)
Mueller, C. M., & Kraus, W. A. (2018). The effects of personalized prompts on Japanese EFL students' written essays. OnCUE Journal, 11(1), 25-50. (link)
Mueller, C. M. (2017). A comparison of introductions in Japanese-authored Japanese articles, Japanese-authored English articles, and articles by English native speakers. JALT Journal, 39(1), 29-56. (link)
Mueller, C. M., & Jacobsen, N. (2016). A comparison of the effectiveness of EFL students' use of dictionaries and an online corpus for the enhancement of revision skills. ReCALL, 28(1), 3-21. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0958344015000142 (link)
Mueller, C. M. (2011). English learners' knowledge of prepositions: Collocational knowledge or knowledge based on meaning. System, 39(4), 480-490. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.system.2011.10.012 (link)
Tyler, A., Mueller, C. M., & Ho, V. (2011). Applying Cognitive Linguistics to learning the semantics of English to, for, and at: An experimental investigation. Vigo International Journal of Applied Linguistics, 8, 122-140. (link)
Mueller, C. M. (2010). Effects of explicit instruction on incidental noticing of metaphorical word sequences during a subsequent reading task. IJES, 10(1), 81-101. https://doi.org/10.6018/ijes/2010/1/113991 (link)
Tyler, A., Mueller, C. M., & Ho, V. (2010). Applying cognitive linguistics to instructed L2 learning: The English modals. AILA Review, 23(1), 30-49. https://doi.org/10.1075/aila.23.03tyl (link)
Mueller, C. M. (2004). Translating far-Eastern philosophical texts: Multiple challenges. Synthesis Philosophica, 19(1), 205-217.
Mueller, C. M. (2003). Tracing the steps of the successful multilingual: A synopsis. Journal for Distinguished Language Studies, 1(1), 65-74. (link)
Mueller, C. M. (1992). Songch'ol's radical subitism. Seoul Journal of Korean Studies, 5, 105-126. (link)
BOOK CHAPTERS
Mueller, C. M., & Richardson, P. (2026). Religious discourse. In Nesi, H., & Milin, P. (Eds.) International encyclopedia of language and linguistics (3rd ed.). Elsevier.
Mueller, C. M. (2026). A cognitive linguistic approach to teaching L2 learners the noncentral senses of English prepositions. In B. White & N. Dolgova (Eds.), Applying cognitive linguistics in the English language classroom. Bloomsbury.
Mueller, C. M. (2023). Symbols and icons in Buddhist worship. In S. Pihlaja & H. Ringrow (Eds.), Routledge handbook of language and religion (pp. 96-108). Routledge. (link)
ACADEMIC ARTICLES (NON-PEER-REVIEWED)
Mueller, C. M. (2026). Development of an online lesson targeting noncentral prepositional senses. The Bulletin of the Faculty of Humanities, Fuji Women's University.
Mueller, C. M. (2022). Second language acquisition of English prepositions. The Bulletin of the Faculty of Humanities, Fuji Women's University, 59, 17-44. Republished in the 55th issue of Collected Articles on English Language by the Ronsetsu Shiryo Hozonkai in Tokyo, Japan (http://www.ronsetsu.co.jp/). (link)
Mueller, C. M. (2021). Technique repetition and creative metaphor. The Bulletin of the Faculty of Humanities, Fuji Women's University, 58, 63-85. (link)
Mueller, C. M. (2020). Effectiveness of learning single words versus words in collocations and the role of imageability. The Bulletin of the Faculty of Humanities, Fuji Women's University, No. 57, pp. 55-87. Republished in the 53rd issue of Collected Articles on English Language by the Ronsetsu Shiryo Hozonkai in Tokyo, Japan (http://www.ronsetsu.co.jp/). (link)
Mueller, C. M. (2019). A framework for discouraging plagiarism in higher education. The Bulletin of the Faculty of Humanities, Fuji Women's University, No. 56, 1-25. (link)
Mueller, C. M. (2018). Graduate students’ beliefs about learning a second language. The Bulletin of the Faculty of Humanities, Fuji Women's University, No. 55, 39-67. Republished in the 52nd issue of Collected Articles on English Language by the Ronsetsu Shiryo Hozonkai in Tokyo, Japan (http://www.ronsetsu.co.jp/). (link)
Mueller, C. M. (2017). Maturational age effects on the status and role of formulaic sequences in first and second language learning. The Bulletin of the Faculty of Humanities, Fuji Women's University, No. 54. 1-55. (link)
Mueller, C. M. (2016). A semantic account of the English preposition FOR based on a Cognitive Linguistics framework. The Bulletin of the Faculty of Humanities, Fuji Women's University, No. 53, 1-24. Republished in 2018 in the 50th issue of Collected Articles on English Language, pp. 602-613 by the Ronsetsu Shiryo Hozonkai in Tokyo, Japan (http://www.ronsetsu.co.jp/).(link)
CONFERENCE PAPERS
Mueller, C. M. (2016). The semi-collaborative research paper: Development of a writing assignment for a graduate EAP course. In G. N. Lovtsevich (Ed.), Connecting professionally on ELT in Asia: Crossing the bridge to excellence. 14th AsiaTEFL@11th FEELTA International Conference on Language Teaching, Vladivostok, June 30--July 02, 2016 Conference Proceedings (pp. 99-104). Vladivostok, Russia: Far East Public Service Organization of English Language Teachers.
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Mueller, C. M. (2004). Tracing the steps of the successful multilingual: A synopsis (pp. 93-101). In B. L. Leaver, & B. Shekhtman (Eds.), Teaching and learning to near-native levels of language proficiency: Proceedings of the spring and fall 2003 conferences of the coalition of distinguished language centers (pp. 93-101). MSI Press. [Republication of 2003 article that appeared in Journal for Distinguished Language Studies].
BOOK REVIEWS
Mueller, C. M. (2024). Review of Usage in Second Language Acquisition: Critical Reflections and Future Directions. Korea TESOL Journal, 20(2), 103-107. (link)