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Linguistic variation in early Anglo-Saxon England (2015)
Book Chapter
Findell, M. (2015). Linguistic variation in early Anglo-Saxon England. In R. Cohen, J. Story, & N. Moon (Eds.), The impact of diasporas. Oxford Diasporas Programme & The Impact of Diasporas on the Making of Britain: Evidence, Memories, Inventions

How much collocation knowledge do L2 learners have?: the effects of frequency and amount of exposure (2015)
Journal Article
González Fernández, B., & Schmitt, N. (2015). How much collocation knowledge do L2 learners have?: the effects of frequency and amount of exposure. ITL, 166(1), https://doi.org/10.1075/itl.166.1.03fer

Many scholars believe that collocations are difficult to learn and use by L2 learners. However, some research suggests that learners often know more collocations than commonly thought. This study tested 108 Spanish learners of English to measure thei... Read More about How much collocation knowledge do L2 learners have?: the effects of frequency and amount of exposure.

Assessing vocabulary size through multiple-choice formats: issues with guessing and sampling rates (2015)
Journal Article
Gyllstad, H., Vilkait?, L., & Schmitt, N. (2015). Assessing vocabulary size through multiple-choice formats: issues with guessing and sampling rates. ITL, 166(2), https://doi.org/10.1075/itl.166.2.04gyl

In most tests of vocabulary size, knowledge is assessed through multiple-choice formats. Despite advantages such as ease of scoring, multiple-choice tests (MCT) are accompanied with problems. One of the more central issues has to do with guessing and... Read More about Assessing vocabulary size through multiple-choice formats: issues with guessing and sampling rates.

Boswell and the limits of sensibility (2015)
Book Chapter
Rounce, A. (2015). Boswell and the limits of sensibility. In P. Thompson (Ed.), Beyond sense and sensibility: moral formation and the literary imagination from Johnson to Wordsworth. Bucknell University Press

Implicit homophobic argument structure: equal marriage discourse in the Moral maze (2015)
Journal Article
Van der Bom, I., Coffey-Glover, L., Jones, L., Mills, S., & Paterson, L. L. (2015). Implicit homophobic argument structure: equal marriage discourse in the Moral maze. Journal of Language and Sexuality, 4(1), https://doi.org/10.1075/jls.4.1.04mil

This article analyses the linguistic and discursive elements which contribute to the production of implicit homophobia. Explicit homophobia has been well documented and strategies for countering discriminatory language have been developed (Baker, 201... Read More about Implicit homophobic argument structure: equal marriage discourse in the Moral maze.

Further letters of D.H. Lawrence (2015)
Journal Article
Worthen, J., & Harrison, A. (2015). Further letters of D.H. Lawrence

[Letters by D.H. Lawrence, edited and translated by John Worthen and Andrew Harrison.]