Tools for Researching Vocabulary
Tools for Researching Vocabulary by Paul M. Meara, published by Multilingual Matters in 2017, is an illustrated edition comprising 264 pages. This book introduces a collection of user-friendly computer programs designed to measure and model vocabulary knowledge. It aims to assist researchers in discovering new instruments for lexical analysis while providing a theoretical framework for conducting studies with these tools.
Readers will find detailed explanations of each program, including a short manual, examples of published papers utilizing the programs, and project development questions. The content is particularly beneficial for final year undergraduates and master’s students in fields such as applied linguistics, second language acquisition, and psycholinguistics, as well as PhD students engaged in research methods courses. This edition serves as a valuable resource for those interested in vocabulary acquisition and educational research.
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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.
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