Our Lexitronics Articles

If you’ve found the summary of our ‘Lexitronics’ research interesting, you might like to take a look at the original articles on which it has been based:

  1. Billuroğlu, A., & Neufeld, S. (2006). The Bare Necessities in Lexis: A new perspective on vocabulary profiling. Published on the Compleat Lexical Tutor.
    Steve and Ali provide the rationale behind the development of the BNL as a list of commonly used words that define the essence of the English.
  2. Hancioglu, N. et al., Through the looking glass and into the land of lexico-grammar. English for Specific Purposes (2008), doi: 10.1016/j.esp.20008.08.00.
    John, Steve, and Nilgun bring all our work together up to date, from BNL to academic thesis writing. Now available in English for Specific Purposes, Vol. 27, No. 4. (2008), pp. 459-479.
  3. Hancioğlu, N., & Eldridge, J. (2007). Texts and frequency lists: Some implications for practising Teachers. ELT Journal, 61(4), 330-340. A PDF version is available at the University of Hertfordshire’s website where the article is used as a resource on the university’s MA programme.
    John and Nilgun look at what those vocabulary profile percentages really mean and how practising teachers can make use of them.
  4. Eldridge, J. (2008). No, there isn’t an ‘academic vocabulary’, but: A reader responds to K. Hyland and P. Tse’s “Is there an ‘academic vocabulary’?” TESOL Quarterly, 42(1), 109-113.
    John’s response article gives a further flavour of the issues involved in our work, particularly as regards the Academic Word List.
  5. Eldridge, J. and Neufeld, S. (2007) When it Comes to e-Learning, are you in a Muddle or a Moodle. In IATEFL CALL REVIEW , Winter 2007.
    This article puts the ‘tronics’ with the ‘lexis’. It is supportive of our work rather than a primary artifact, but gives an idea about our use of the MOODLE learning platform.