M. McCarthy’s scientific contributions

Michael McCarthy is Emeritus Professor of Applied Linguistics at the University of Nottingham, UK, Adjunct Professor of Applied Linguistics at the Pennsylvania State University, USA, and Adjunct Professor of Applied Linguistics at the University of Limerick, Ireland. He is author of Vocabulary (Oxford University Press, 1990), Discourse analysis for language teachers (Cambridge University Press, 1991) Language as discourse (Longman, 1994, with Ronald Carter), Exploring spoken English (Cambridge University Press, 1997, with Ronald Carter), Vocabulary: Description, acquisition and pedagogy (coedited with Norbert Schmitt, Cambridge University Press, 1997), Spoken language and applied linguistics (Cambridge University Press, 1998), Exploring grammar in context (with Ron Carter and Rebecca Hughes, Cambridge University Press, 2000), and Issues in applied linguistics (Cambridge University Press, 2001). He is coauthor, with Felicity O'Dell, of English vocabulary in use: Elementary, upper intermediate and advanced levels (Cambridge University Press), and English idioms in use and English phrasal verbs in use (Cambridge University Press) and is the author of more than 50 academic papers. He is Academic Consultant to the Cambridge international dictionary of phrasal verbs and the Cambridge international dictionary of idioms and phrases. From 1994 to 1998, he was coeditor of Applied Linguistics. He is codirector (with Ronald Carter) of the CANCODE spoken English corpus and the CANBEC spoken business English corpus, both sponsored by Cambridge University Press.