Tools for Researching Vocabulary

Erscheinungsjahr 2016
ISBN: 978-1-78309-646-6
Verlag: Multilingual Matters

Buch, Englisch, 264 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 584 g

This book introduces an innovative collection of easy-to-use computer programs that have been developed to measure and model vocabulary knowledge. The book aims to help researchers discover new instruments for lexical analysis, and provides a theoretical framework in which studies with such tools could be conducted. Each of the programs comes with a short manual explaining how to use the program, an example of a published paper that uses the program and a set of questions that readers can develop into proper projects. The programs can be used in real research projects and have the potential to break new ground for research in L2 vocabulary acquisition. The book will be of great use to final year undergraduates and masters students in applied linguistics, second language acquisition, psycholinguistics and language testing and to PhD students doing research methods courses.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Meara, Paul

Miralpeix, Imma

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Spracherwerb, Sprachentwicklung
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Forschung und Information Forschungsmethodik, Wissenschaftliche Ausstattung
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Fremdsprachenerwerb und -didaktik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Section 1: Processing Vocabulary Data

Chapter 1. V_Words and V_Lists

Section 2: Measuring Lexical Variation, Sophistication and Originality

Chapter 2. D_Tools

Chapter 3. P_Lex

Chapter 4. Lexical Signatures

Chapter 5. V_Unique

Section 3: Estimating Vocabulary Size

Chapter 6. V_YesNo

Chapter 7. V_Size

Chapter 8. V_Capture

Section 4: Measuring Lexical Access

Chapter 9. Q_Lex

Section 5: Assessing Aptitude for L2 Vocabulary Learning

Chapter 10. LLAMA_B

Section 6: Modelling Vocabulary Growth

Chapter 11. Mezzofanti

Envoi

Index

Über Autor(innen)

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.

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.

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.