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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Distinguished Scholar Award, EuroSLA
  • 2015 - Honorary Fellow of the Department of Education at Oxford University
  • 2011 - Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • 2010 - Honorary Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Linguists

Overview

Paul Meara is affiliated with Swansea University in the United Kingdom, with a research focus spanning several interconnected fields including Arts and Humanities, Psychology, and Computer Science. Their work particularly emphasizes subfields such as Developmental and Educational Psychology, Language and Linguistics, and Artificial Intelligence.

Their research topics prominently cover areas related to language acquisition and processing, including:

  • Second Language Acquisition and Learning
  • Natural Language Processing Techniques
  • Lexicography and Language Studies
  • EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning
  • linguistics and terminology studies
  • Discourse Analysis in Language Studies
  • Second Language Learning and Teaching

Meara has published extensively in various venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • Vocabulary Learning and Instruction
  • Linguistics Beyond and Within (LingBaW)
  • Vigo International Journal of Applied Linguistics
  • Bilingualism Language and Cognition
  • Languages

Recent publications exemplify this focus, including:

  • "The emergence of a first paradigm in vocabulary research: The bibliometrics of system" (2020), Vocabulary Learning and Instruction
  • "Bayesian vocabulary tests" (2021), Vigo International Journal of Applied Linguistics
  • "Modelling L2 vocabulary acquisition: The devil is in the detail" (2021), Bilingualism Language and Cognition
  • "The British are coming...! A bibliometric analysis of L2 vocabulary research in 1988" (2020), Linguistics Beyond and Within (LingBaW)
  • "Shifting sands: A bibliometric analysis of L2 vocabulary research in 1991" (2023), Linguistics Beyond and Within (LingBaW)

Collaborations feature several recurring co-authors, including Imma Miralpeix with multiple joint publications, as well as Vivienne Rogers, Brian Rogers, and Inma Miralpeix.

Recognition of their contribution includes election as a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in the United Kingdom.

Best Publications

  • Beyond A Clockwork Orange: Acquiring Second Language Vocabulary through Reading.

    Marlise Horst;Tom Cobb;Paul Meara

  • VOCABULARY ACQUISITION: A NEGLECTED ASPECT OF LANGUAGE LEARNING

    Paul Meara

  • RESEARCHING VOCABULARY THROUGH A WORD KNOWLEDGE FRAMEWORK Word Associations and Verbal Suffixes

    Norbert Schmitt;Paul Meara

  • An alternative to multiple choice vocabulary tests

    Paul Meara;Barbara Buxton

  • How periods abroad affect vocabulary growth in a foreign language.

    James Milton;Paul Meara

  • Lex30: An Improved Method of Assessing Productive Vocabulary in an L2.

    Paul Meara;Tess Fitzpatrick

  • Connected Words: Word Associations and Second Language Vocabulary Acquisition

    Paul Meara

  • Vocabulary Size as a Placement Indicator.

    Paul Meara;Glyn Jones

  • P-Lex: A Simple and Effective Way of Describing the lexical Characteristics of Short L2 Tests.

    Paul Meara;Huw Bell

  • Scores on a yes-no vocabulary test: correction for guessing and response style

    Ineke Huibregtse;Wilfried Admiraal;Paul Meara

  • A note on passive vocabulary

    Paul Meara

  • The Case of the Invisible Vowels: Arabic Speakers Reading English Words.

    Ann Ryan;Paul Meara

  • Test of a Model for Predicting Second Language Lexical Growth through Reading.

    Marlise Horst;Paul Meara

  • The rediscovery of vocabulary

    Paul Meara

  • Lexical Frequency Profiles: A Monte Carlo Analysis

    Paul Meara

  • Vocabulary in a second language

    P. M. Meara

  • Tools for Researching Vocabulary

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  • The Bilingual Lexicon and the Teaching of Vocabulary

    Paul Meara

  • The year abroad and its effects

    Paul Meara

  • Vocabulary: Applied linguistic perspectives

    Paul Meara

  • The Bilingualism Reader

    Paul Meara

Frequent Co-Authors

Max Coltheart
Max Coltheart Macquarie University
Norbert Schmitt
Norbert Schmitt University of Nottingham
David W. Green
David W. Green University College London

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