In the present study, we sought to advance the field of learner corpus research by tracking
the development of phrasal vocabulary in essays produced at two different points in time. To …

The current study examined the degree to which collocation use (ie, meaningful co‐
occurrences of multiple words) is related to first language (L1) raters' intuitive judgments of …

Frequency is often the only variable considered when researchers or teachers develop
vocabulary materials for second language (L2) learners. However, researchers have also …

Studies investigating L2 English receptive and productive vocabulary knowledge in young
learners have shown that English can be picked up through exposure outside the …

Ever since the 1970s when the field of second language acquisition (SLA) was develo**,
researchers have been analyzing 'corpora', collections of production data that range in size …

Research has indicated that lexical richness is an important indicator of second language
(L2) proficiency. However, most research has examined written, cross-sectional English L2 …

There is emerging evidence that collocation use plays a primary role in determining various
dimensions of L2 oral proficiency assessment and development. The current study presents …

In Corpus Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition, **aofei Lu comprehensively
reviews empirical studies that employ corpus linguistic methods to investigate issues in …

This paper describes the application and relevance of random-item Rasch models in second
language (L2) vocabulary research and testing scenarios, aiming to increase understanding …

The measurement of second language (L2) productive lexical proficiency has driven a great
deal of research over the past two decades. Research has indicated that more proficient …