This article overviews current research on second language vocabulary learning. It
concludes that a large vocabulary is necessary to function in English: 8000—9000 word …

We review recent evidence indicating that researchers in experimental psychology may
have used suboptimal estimates of word frequency. Word frequency measures should be …

Do you use language corpora in your research or study, but find that you struggle with
statistics? This practical introduction will equip you to understand the key principles of …

Abstract On October 27th, 2022, Elon Musk purchased Twitter, becoming its new CEO and
firing many top executives in the process. Musk listed fewer restrictions on content …

This paper introduces the Spoken British National Corpus 2014, an 11.5-million-word
corpus of orthographically transcribed conversations among L1 speakers of British English …

Since its first publication in 1962, Gimson's Pronunciation of English has been the essential
reference book for anyone studying or teaching the pronunciation of English. This eighth …

Is the British press prejudiced against Muslims? In what ways can prejudice be explicit or
subtle? This book uses a detailed analysis of over 140 million words of newspaper articles …

The book overviews a wide range of vocabulary research methodologies, and offers
practical advice on how to carry out valid and reliable research on first and second language …

Word frequency is the most important variable in research on word processing and memory.
Yet, the main criterion for selecting word frequency norms has been the availability of the …

How do we interpret language and expose its meanings? How does pragmatics describe
the English language? Where can we go to acquire a deeper understanding of pragmatics …