Tools for Researching Vocabulary

Paul Meara; Imma Miralpeix

Published by Multilingual Matters 2016

Tools for Researching Vocabulary

Paul Meara and Imma Miralpeix

In the series Second Language Acquisition

https://doi.org/10.21832/9781783096473

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About this book

This book introduces an innovative collection of easy-to-use computer programs that have been developed to measure and model vocabulary knowledge. It aims to help second language acquisition researchers explore some new instruments for L2 vocabulary research, providing examples of how the tools might be used in real research projects.

Author / Editor information

Meara Paul :

Paul Meara is Emeritus Professor, Swansea University, UK and a leading scholar in the field of vocabulary acquisition. He has published extensively in this area and has held many positions of responsibility including Chair of the British Association for Applied Linguistics. He was awarded an Honorary Fellowship of Chartered Institute of Linguists in 2010 and was elected to the UK Academy of Social Sciences in 2011.

Miralpeix Imma :

Imma Miralpeix obtained her PhD from the University of Barcelona, Spain where she is Lecturer and Researcher. Her main research interests include second language vocabulary acquisition, especially lexical development and assessment, and multilingualism. She is the author of several publications in these areas and has taken part in different funded projects on second language learning and teaching.

Paul Meara is Emeritus Professor, Swansea University, UK and a leading scholar in the field of vocabulary acquisition. He has published extensively in this area and has held many positions of responsibility including Chair of the British Association for Applied Linguistics. He was awarded an Honorary Fellowship of Chartered Institute of Linguists in 2010 and was elected to the UK Academy of Social Sciences in 2011.

Imma Miralpeix obtained her PhD from the University of Barcelona, Spain where she is Lecturer and Researcher. Her main research interests include second language vocabulary acquisition, especially lexical development and assessment, and multilingualism. She is the author of several publications in these areas and has taken part in different funded projects on second language learning and teaching.

Reviews

Paul Pauwels, University of Leuven, Belgium:

In sum, this book more than lives up to its promise. It provides young researchers with a range of ideas and the tools to start exploring them. At the same time it is a thorough introduction to the issues involved in vocabulary research, and takes a critical look at both issues and tools. And although I probably no longer qualify as a novice researcher - age forbids - I still find that it opens up a wealth of new perspectives and ideas for research.

Michael James Davies, Ritsumeikan University, Japan:

This book provides an invaluable resource for researchers who are interested in the field of vocabulary research. It is extremely user-friendly and introduces the objectives of eleven such programs, along with clear instructions on how to
implement them.

Thi Ngoc Yen Dang, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand:

Tools for Researching Vocabulary’, has successfully provided a timely contribution to the area of L2 vocabulary acquisition. There is no doubt that this book is a valuable reference for final year undergraduates and master students in Applied Linguistics, second language acquisition, psycholinguistics, and testing. This book is also useful for PhD students who have little background knowledge of the tools for researching vocabulary but would like to work in this field.

Norman Segalowitz, Concordia University, Montréal, Canada:

Meara and Miralpeix provide a rich collection of clearly explained, user-friendly, web-based applications for students and investigators interested in L2 vocabulary research. The reprinted articles, historical commentaries and accompanying reflections offer novel and stimulating ideas that many researchers will want to build on. I highly recommend this valuable resource.

Paul Nation, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand:

This is a book that is of great value to researchers interested in vocabulary. The programs described in the book are highly innovative and imaginative. The questions that the programs are designed to answer lie at the heart of language learning and assessment, and the programs strikingly represent the designers thinking outside the box.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Acknowledgements Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
Introduction Paul Meara Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
Part 1: Processing Vocabulary Data
1. V_Words v2.0 and V_Lists v1.0 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
Part 2: Measuring Lexical Variation, Sophistication and Originality
2. D_Tools v2.0 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	21
3. P_Lex v3.00 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	44
4. Lexical Signatures Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	66
5. V_Unique v1.0 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	84
Part 3: Estimating Vocabulary Size
6. V_YesNo v1.0 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	113
7. V_Size v2.01 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	134
8. V_Capture v1.0 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	156
Part 4: Measuring Lexical Access
9. Q_Lex v4.0 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	185
Part 5: Assessing Aptitude for L2 Vocabulary Learning
10. LLAMA_B v2.0 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	215
Part 6: Modelling Vocabulary Growth
11. Mezzofanti v1.0 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	233
Envoi Paul Meara Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	255
Author Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	260
Subject Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	263

Language: English
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Keywords: Vocabulary; Lexical competence; Research methods; Research tools; Language testing; L2 vocabulary; SLA; Second Language Acquisition

eBook

Published: November 1, 2016
ISBN: 9781783096473