University of the
West of England
This page lists some publications by members of the M4AL group, and PhD theses supervised by the group.
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H Daller, J Milton and J Treffers-Daller (eds.)
Modelling and assessing vocabulary knowledge. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 2007.
H Daller and D Phelan
What is in a teacher's mind? The relation between teacher ratings of EFL essays and different aspects of lexical richness. In: H Daller, J Milton and J Treffers-Daller (eds.) Modelling and assessing vocabulary knowledge. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 2007.
H Daller and Xue Huijuan (June Snow)
Lexical richness and the oral proficiency of Chinese EFL students.In: H Daller, J Milton and J Treffers-Daller (eds.) Modelling and assessing vocabulary knowledge. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 2007.
PM Meara
Growing a voicabulary. EuroSLA Yearbook 7(2007), 49-65.
J Milton
Lexical profiles, learning styles and the construct validity of lexical size tests. In: H Daller, J Milton and J Treffers-Daller (eds.) Modelling and assessing vocabulary knowledge. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 2007.
J Milton and N Hopkins
Comparing phonological and orthographic vocabulary size. Canadian Modern Language Review 63,1(2007), 127-147.
BJ Richards and DD Malvern
Validity and threats to the validity of vocabulary assessment. In: H Daller, J Milton and J Treffers-Daller (eds.) Modelling and assessing vocabulary knowledge. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 2007.
F Tidball and J Treffers-Daller
Exploring measures of vocabulary richness in semi-spontaneous speech of native and non-native speakers of French: a quest for the Holy Grail? In: H Daller, J Milton and J Treffers-Daller (eds.) Modelling and assessing vocabulary knowledge. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 2007:133-149.
C Wilks and PM Meara
Implenenting graph theory approaches to the exploration of density and structure an L1 and L2 word association networks.In: H Daller, J Milton and J Treffers-Daller (eds.) Modelling and assessing vocabulary knowledge. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 2007. 167-182.
H Daller and D Phelan
The C-test and TOEIC® as measures of students’ progress in intensive short courses in EFL. In: R Grotjahn (ed.) The C-test. Theoretical basis and practical applications (Vol. 4). Frankfurt: Lang Verlag.
T Fitzpatrick
Word associations and the L2 lexicon. EUROSLA Yearbook 6(2006), 121-146.
PM Meara
Emergent properties of multilingual lexicons. Applied Linguistics 27,4(2006) 620-644.
J Milton
The Value of Vocabulary Size Measures in a Language Framework of Reference. In: M Martyniuk (ed.) Proceedings of the conference "Towards a Common Framework of Reference for Language(s) of School Education?" Krakow, April 2006.
J Milton
Language Lite: Learning French vocabulary in school. Journal of French Language Studies 16,2(2006), 187-205.
J Milton
X-Lex: the Swansea Vocabulary Levels Test. In: C Coombe, P Davidson,and D Lloyd (eds.) Proceedings of the 7th and 8th Current Trends in English Language Testing (CTELT) Conference vol 4. UAE: TESOL Arabia. 2006:29-39.
J Milton and O Riordan
Level and script effects in the phonological and orthographic vocabulary size of Arabic and Farsi speakers. In: P Davidson, C Coombe, D Lloyd,and D Palfreyman, D. (eds.) Teaching and Learning Vocabulary in Another Language. UAE: TESOL Arabia. 2006:122-133.
PM Meara
Reactivating a dormant vocabulary. EuroSLA Yearbook 5(2005), 269-280.
PM Meara
Lexical frequency profiles: a Monte Carlo analysis. Applied Linguistics 20,1(2005) 32-47. J Milton
Vocabulary size testing in the Arabic-speaking world. In: P Davidson, C Coombe and W Jones (eds.) Assessment in the Arab World. Dubai, UAE: TESOL Arabia. 2005:337-353.
N Chipere, DD Malvern, and BJ Richards
Using a corpus of children's writing to test a solution to the sample size problem affecting Type-Token Ratios. In: G Aston, S Bernadini, and D Stewart (eds.) Corpora and language learners. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. (Studies in corpus linguistics, 17). 2004:139-147.
P Durán, DD Malvern, BJ Richards and N Chipere
Developmental trends in lexical diversity. Applied Linguistics 25(2004), 220-242.
T Fitzpatrick and PM Meara
Exploring the validity of a test of productive vocabulary. Vigo International Journal of Applied Linguistics, 1, 2004, 55-74.
DD Malvern, BJ Richards, N Chipere, and P Durán
Lexical diversity and language development: quantification and assessment. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
PM Meara
Modelling vocabulary loss. Applied Linguistics 25,2(2004), 137-155.
J Milton
Comparing the lexical difficulty of French reading comprehension exam texts. Language Learning Journal 30,4(2004), 5-11.
BJ Richards and DD Malvern
Investigating the validity of a new measure of lexical diversity for root and inflected forms. In: K Trott, S Dobbinson, & P Griffiths (eds.) The child language reader. London: Routledge. 2004:81-89.
C Wilks, PM Meara and B Wolter
A further note on simulating word association behaviour in a second language. Second Language Research 21(2005), 1-14.
H Daller, R van Hout and J Treffers-Daller
Lexical richness in spontaneous speech of bilinguals.Applied Linguistics 24,2(2003),197-222.
PM Meara and J Milton
The Swansea Vocabulary Levels Test. Newbury: Express. 2003.
I Huibregste, W Admiraal and PM Meara
Scores on a Yes/No vocabulary test: correction for guessing and response style. Language Testing 19,3(2002), 227-245.
DD Malvern and BJ Richards
Investigating accommodation in language proficiency interviews using a new measure of lexical diversity. Language Testing 19(2002), 85-104.
C Wilks and PM Meara
Untangling word webs: graph theory and the notion of density in second language word association networks. Second Language Research 18,4(2002), 303-324.
PM Meara and A Babí
Just a few words: how assessors evaluate minimal texts. IRAL 39(2001) 75-83.
BJ Richards and DD Malvern
Accommodation in oral interviews between foreign language learners and teachers who are not native speakers. Studia Linguistica, 54, 260-271.
G McKee, DD Malvern and BJ Richards
Measuring vocabulary diversity using dedicated software. Literary and Linguistic Computing 15(2000), 323-338.