Letter from the 2017 Vocabulary SIG Symposium Organizers

Brandon Kramer, Stuart McLean - Letter from the 2017 Vocabulary SIG Symposium Organizers.

Impact of talker variability on L2 word recognition among Japanese EFL learners

Noriko Matsuda - This article is a pilot study investigating auditory word priming in 40 Japanese learners of English using…

Corpus Linguistics and Vocabulary: A Commentary on Four Studies

Laurence Anthony - Tools and methods developed in the field of corpus linguistics play an often understated but important role…

Measuring the Vocabulary Burden of Popular English Songs

Rick Romanko - This study measured the vocabulary burden of popular English songs to determine what vocabulary is needed to…

Discovering Language Properties through Corpus-Based Dictionary Data Analysis

Paul A. Lyddon - To reveal underlying patterns in real language use, linguists have increasingly come to rely on corpus…

Coverage-based Frequency Bands: A Proposal

Dale Brown - Second language vocabulary research makes much use of word frequency lists and their division into bands.

Initial Evaluation of AWSuM: A Pilot Study

Atsushi Mizumoto - This article reports on a pilot study to evaluate usability, effectiveness, and impact of Academic Word Suggestion…

Vocabulary Instruction and Learning: A Commentary on Four Studies

David Beglar - Four papers were presented by Jenifer Larson-Hall, Noriko Matsuda, Yu Kanazawa, and Phil Bennett.

Using Cognitive Linguistic Principles to Encourage Production of Metaphorical Vocabulary in Writing

Phil Bennett - Learners in academic English environments face considerable demands on their lexical knowledge.

Emotion-Involved Semantic Processing and L2 Vocabulary Memory: A Micro-Level Emotion Manifesto

Yu Kanazawa - Emotion-Involved Semantic Processing and L2 Vocabulary Memory: A Micro-Level Emotion Manifesto.

L2 Lexical Attrition and Vocabulary Re-learning in Three L1 English L2 Japanese Children

Jenifer Larson-Hall - In this paper I review the evidence for the role of age in affecting second language attrition,…

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