See below for a list of books and articles by Michael McCarthy.
Books
1)

(1981) (with T. Knowles and M. Shackleton) Perspectives in Medical English. Gothenburg: Studieförlaget.

2)

(1985) (with A. MacLean and P. O’Malley) Proficiency Plus. Oxford: Basil Blackwell.

3)

(1988) (with R. A. Carter) Vocabulary and Language Teaching. London: Longman.

4)

(1990) Vocabulary. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 173 pp.

5)

(1991) Discourse Analysis for Language Teachers. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 213 pp.

6)

(1994) (with R. A. Carter) Language as Discourse: Perspectives for Language Teaching. London: Longman. 230 pp.

7)

(1994) Word Routes. (Bilingual thesaurus, English-French). Series editor M. J. McCarthy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 460 pp.

8)

(1995) Word Selector. (Bilingual thesaurus, English-Spanish). Series editor M. J. McCarthy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 460 pp.

9)

(1996) Word Routes. (Bilingual thesaurus, English-Greek). Series editor M. J. McCarthy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 460 pp.

10)

(1996) Word Selector. (Bilingual thesaurus, English-Catalan). Series editor M. J. McCarthy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 460 pp.

11)

(1997) (With F. O’Dell and E. Shaw) Vocabulary in Use. American English. Upper Intermediate. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

12)

(1997) (with N. Schmitt) Vocabulary: Description, Acquisition, Pedagogy. Ed. N. Schmitt and M. J. McCarthy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

13)

(1997) (with R. A. Carter) Exploring Spoken English. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

14)

(1997) Cambridge International Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs. Academic consultant, M. J. McCarthy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

15)

(1998) Cambridge International Dictionary of Idioms. Academic consultant M. J. McCarthy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

16)

(1999) Spoken Language and Applied Linguistics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

17)

(1999) (with F. O’Dell) English Vocabulary in Use. Elementary. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

18)

(2000) (with R. A. Carter and R. Hughes) Exploring Grammar in Context. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

19)

(2001) (with F. O’Dell and E. Shaw) Basic Vocabulary in Use. American English. New York: Cambridge University Press.

20) (2001) (with F. O’Dell) Test Your English Vocabulary in Use. Upper Intermediate. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
21)

(2001) Issues in Applied Linguistics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

22)

(2002) (with F. O’Dell) English Idioms in Use. Intermediate. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

23)

(2002) (with F. O’Dell) English Vocabulary in Use. Advanced. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

24)

(2004) (with F. O’Dell) English Phrasal Verbs in Use. Intermediate. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

25)

(2004) (with F. O’Dell) Test Your English: Vocabulary in Use. Elementary. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

26)

(2005) (with F. O’ Dell) English Collocations in Use. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

27) (2005) (with F. O’Dell) Test Your English Vocabulary in Use. Advanced. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
28)

(2006) (with R. A. Carter) Cambridge Grammar of English . Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

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Articles
1)

(1975) Catalan Modernisme, Messianism and Nationalist Myths, Bulletin of Hispanic Studies, LIII, 379–395.

2)

(1979) (with A. Rawlinson) Hur bygger upp en specialkurs (ESP course design), Folkuniversitetsbladet, no. 3, 28–9.

3)

(1979) Hur arbetar man med fackmässigt blandade grupper? (Course design for mixed specialist groups) Folkuniversitetsbladet, no. 3, 26–7.

4)

(1980) Vad behöver en invandrare kunna? (Immigrants’ language needs) Folkuniversitetsbladet, no. 3, 13–14.

5)

(1981) What language teachers would like of language researchers. In J. Allwood (ed.) Språkteorins relevans for språkundervisningen. Gothenburg: Studieförlaget, 56–62.

6)

(1984) Vocabulary and the Syllabus. The English Teacher (Kuala Lumpur), XII (1): 5–8.

7)

(1984) A new look at vocabulary in EFL. Applied Linguistics, 5: 12–22.

8)

(1987) Interactive lexis: prominence and paradigms. In R. M. Coulthard (ed.) Discussing Discourse. Birmingham: English Language Research, 236–48.

9)

(1988) Questions of Naturalness in Language. English Language Research Journal, (ns), 2: 47–60.

10)

(1988) (editor and introduction) Special issue on ’Naturalness in Language.’ English Language Research Journal.

11)

(1988) (with M. Hewings) An alternative approach to the analysis of text. Praxis des Neusprachlichen Unterrichts, 1: 3–10.

12)

(1990) Recent trends in vocabulary teaching. The Language Teacher (Tokyo), December, 9–11.

13)

(1991) ’Lexis and Lexicology’ and ’Morphology’. In K. Malmkjaer (ed.) The Linguistic Encyclopaedia. London: Routledge, 298–305 and 314–23.

14) (1992) English idioms in use. Revista canaria de estudios ingleses, 25: 55–65.
15)

(1992) Entries on discourse analysis for the Oxford Companion to the English Language (ed. T. MacArthur). Oxford: Oxford University Press.

16)

(1992) Interactive lexis: prominence and paradigms. In R. M. Coulthard (ed.) Advances in Spoken Discourse Analysis. London: Routledge, 197–208 [revised version of 1987 paper].

17)

(1993) Grammar, discourse and the fanzine. In Y. Ikegami and M. Toyota (eds.) Aspects of English as a World Language. Tokyo: Maruzen, 147–61.

18)

(1993) Spoken discourse markers in written text. In J. M. Sinclair, M. Hoey, and G. Fox (eds.) Techniques of Description. London: Routledge, 170–82.

19)

(1993) Ten principles for the design of vocabulary material. In D. A. Hill (ed.) The Learning-Teaching Process. Milan: The British Council, 60–65.

20)

(1994) It, this and that. In R. M. Coulthard (ed.) Advances in Written Text Analysis. London: Routledge, 266–75.

21)

(1994) Discourse in the teacher education matrix. In D. Li, D. Mahoney, and J. Richards (eds.) Explorations in Second Language Teacher Development. Hong Kong: City Polytechnic of Hong Kong, 165–73.

22)

(1994) English idioms in use (Shorter, revised version of Revista Canaria paper - see above). The Language Teacher (Tokyo).

23)

(1994) Vocabulary and the spoken language. In H. P. Longo (ed.) Atti del seminario internazionale di studi sul lessico . Bologna: Clueb, 119–30.

24)

(1994) What should we teach about the spoken language? Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 2: 104–20.

25)

(1995) (with R. A. Carter) Spoken grammar: what is it and how can we teach it? ELT Journal, 49 (3): 207–218.

26)

(1995) (with R. A. Carter and R. Hughes) Discourse context as a predictor of grammatical choice. In D. Graddol and S. Thomas (eds.) Language in a Changing Europe. Clevedon: BAAL/Mutilingual Matters, 47–54.

27)

(1995) (with R. A. Carter) Discourse and creativity: bridging the gap between language and literature. In Cook G. and Seidlhofer B. Principle and Practice in Applied Linguistics. Studies in Honour of H. G. Widdowson. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 303–21.

28)

(1995) (with R. A. Carter) Grammar and the spoken language. Applied Linguistics, 16 (2): 141–158.

29)

(1995) Conversation and Literature. In J. Payne (ed.) Linguistic Approaches to Literature. Birmingham: English Language Research.

30)

(1995) Vocabulary and the literature lesson. The Language Teacher (Tokyo).

31)

(1997) (with R. A. Carter) Grammar, tails and affect: constructing expressive choices in discourse. Text, 17 (3): 405–29.

32)

(1997) (with R. A. Carter) Written and spoken vocabulary. In N. Schmitt and M. J. McCarthy (eds.) Vocabulary: Description, Acquisition, Pedagogy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 20–39.

33)

(1998) (with R. Hughes) From sentence to discourse: discourse grammar and English Language Teaching. TESOL Quarterly, 32 (2): 263–87.

34)

(1998) (with R. A. Carter and R. Hughes) Telling tails: grammar, the spoken language and materials development. In B. Tomlinson (ed.) Materials Development in Language Teaching. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 67–86.

35)

(1998) Talking their heads off: the everyday conversation of everyday people. SELL, 0:107–128.

36)

(1998) Taming the spoken language: genre theory and pedagogy. The Language Teacher, 22 (9): 21–23.

37)

(1999) Ten top principles in the design of vocabulary materials. Lairdil (Toulouse) Conférence n o 6: 9–24.

38)

(1999) Turning numbers into thoughts. The Language Teacher, 25–27.

39)

(1999) (with R. A. Carter) The English get–passive in spoken discourse: description and implications for an interpersonal grammar. English Language and Linguistics, 3 (1): 41–58.

40)

(1999) What constitutes a basic vocabulary for spoken communication? SELL, 1: 233–49.

41)

(2000) (with M. Makosch) Discourse, process and reflection in teacher education. In M. Breen and A. Littlejohn (eds.) Classroom Decision-Making. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 223–232.

42)

(2000) (with R. A. Carter) Feeding back: non-minimal response tokens in everyday English conversation. In C. Heffer and H. Sauntson (eds.) Words in Context: A Tribute to John Sinclair on his Retirement. Birmingham: ELR Discourse Monograph No. 18, 263–283.

43)

(2000) Captive audiences. The discourse of close contact service encounters. In J. Coupland (ed.) Small Talk. London: Longman, 84–109.

44)

(2001) (with R. A. Carter) Size isn’t everything: spoken English, corpus and the classroom. TESOL Quarterly, 35 (2): 337–340.

45)

Interview with Michael McCarthy. (Interviewer J. Scholes). New Routes, 15: 6-8.

46)

(2001) (with H. Tao) Understanding non-restrictive which-clauses in spoken English, which is not an easy thing. Language Sciences, 23: 651–677.

47)

(2001) (with R. A. Carter) Designing the discourse syllabus. In D. Hall and A. Hewings (eds.) Innovation in English Language Teaching. London: Routledge, 55–63.

48)

(2001) (with R. A. Carter) Ten criteria for a spoken grammar. In E. Hinkel and S. Fotos (eds.) New Perspectives on Grammar Teaching in Second Language Classrooms. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 51–75.

49)

(2001) Discourse. In R. A. Carter and D. Nunan (eds.) Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 48–55.

50)

(2001) Guest editor of special issue of Prospect, 16 (3). Vocabulary Teaching and Learning. 85 pp.

51)

(2001) What is an advanced level vocabulary? SELL, 3: 149–163.

52)

(2002) (with C. Matthiessen and D. Slade) Discourse Analysis. In N. Schmitt (ed.) An Introduction to Applied Linguistics. London: Arnold, 55–73.

53)

(2002) (with R. A. Carter) From conversation to corpus. In A. Sánchez-Macarro (ed.) Windows on the World: Media Discourse in English. Valencia: University of Valencia Press, 15–39.

54)

(2002) Good listenership made plain: British and American non-minimal response tokens in everyday conversation. In R. Reppen, S. Fitzmaurice, and D. Biber (eds.) Using Corpora to Explore Linguistic Variation. Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 49–71.

55)

(2002) What is an advanced level vocabulary? (Reprint of SELL paper) In M. Tan, (ed.) Corpus Studies in Language Education. Bangkok: IELE Press, 15–29.

56)

(2003) (with A. O’Keeffe) ’What’s in a name?’: Vocatives in casual conversation and radio-phone-in calls. In P. Leistyna and C. Meier Corpus Analysis: Language Structure and Language Use. Amsterdam: Rodopi, 153–185.

57)

(with C. Spöttl) Formulaic utterances in the multi–lingual context. In J. Cenoz, U. Jessner, and B. Hufeisen (eds.) The Multilingual Lexicon. Dordrecht: Kluwer, 133–151.

58)

(2003) (with S. Walsh) Discourse. In D. Nunan (ed.) Practical English Language Teaching. New York: McGraw-Hill, 173–195.

59)

(2003) Talking back: ’small’ interactional response tokens in everyday conversation. Research on Language in Social Interaction. Special issue on Small Talk, edited by J. Coupland, 36 (1): 33–63.

60)

(2004) (with R. A. Carter) Talking, creating: interactional language, creativity and context. Applied Linguistics, 25 (1): 62–88.

61)

(2004) (with C. Spöttl) Comparing the knowledge of formulaic sequences across L1, L2, L3 and L4. In N. Schmitt (ed.) Formulaic Sequences. Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 191–225.

62)

(2004) (with R. A. Carter) ’There’s millions of them’: Hyperbole in everyday conversation. Journal of Pragmatics, 36: 149–184.

63)

(2004) (with A. O’Keeffe) Research in the teaching of speaking. Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, 24: 26–43.

64)

(2004) Lessons from the analysis of chunks. The Language Teacher, 28 (7): 9–12.

65)

(2004) Using a Corpus in Language Teaching. CALPER Professional development Documents. Available at: http://calper.la.psu.edu/publications.php.

66)

(2004) Using Corpora in Language Teaching. CALPER Digests. Available at: http://calper.la.psu.edu/publications.php.

67)

(2004) (with M. Handford) ’Invisible to us’: A preliminary corpus-based study of spoken business English. In Connor, U. and Upton, T. (eds) Discourse in the Professions. Perspectives from Corpus Linguistics. Amsterdam, John Benjamins, 167–201.

68)

(2004) What constitutes a basic vocabulary for spoken communication? (Revised and expanded version of publication no.40). JACET Summer Proceedings, 4: 1–17.

69)

(2005) Fluency and confluence: what fluent speakers do. The Language Teacher, 29 (6): 26–28.

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