Ronald Carter is Professor of Modern English Language at the University of Nottingham, UK and has written and edited more than 30 books, including most recently Language and Creativity (2004, Routledge). He is the author and editor of twelve books with Routledge, and has edited and co-edited five Routledge series.

Vocabulary: Applied Linguistic Perspectives has been widely praised since the first publication for the breadth, depth and clarity of its approach. This new edition builds upon these foundations and develops further understanding of a key area of applied linguistics.

This edition will include a substantial new introduction situating the book in the current digital age.

Part I Foundations

1. What's in a word

2. The notion of core vocabulary

3. Words and patterns

4. Lexis and discourse

Part II Reviews

5. Lexis and literary stylistics

6. Lexis and lexicography

7. Learning and teaching vocabulary

Part III Case studies

8. Case study: Lexis, tones and ironies

9. Case study: Style, lexis and the dictionary