In:Research Methods in Vocabulary Studies
Philip Durrant, Anna Siyanova-Chanturia, Benjamin Kremmel and Suhad Sonbul
[Research Methods in Applied Linguistics 2] 2022
► pp. 63–78
Chapter 5Key topics in corpus linguistics
Published online: 22 September 2022
https://doi.org/10.1075/rmal.2.c5
https://doi.org/10.1075/rmal.2.c5
Article outline
- 1.Variation in word use across proficiency levels
- 1.1Lexical density
- 1.2Lexical diversity
- 1.3Lexical sophistication
- 1.4Semantic measures
- 1.5Conclusion
- 2.Vocabulary lists
- 2.1Issues in creating vocabulary lists
- 2.1.1What counts as an item of vocabulary?
- 2.1.2What doesn't frequency tell us?
- 2.1.3Is there a stable core vocabulary?
- 2.2Conclusion
- 2.1Issues in creating vocabulary lists
- Additional readings and resources
