Publications
Boers, Frank. 2019. Influential factors in lexical richness of young heritage speakers’ family language: Iranians in New Zealand. International Journal of Bilingualism 23 (2) : 381–399.
Boers, Frank. 2014. Looking for form-meaning motivation in new L2 words: A think-aloud study among proficient learners of English. English Text Construction 6 (2) : 249–280.
Boers, Frank. 2011. Cognitive Semantic ways of teaching figurative phrases: An assessment. Review of Cognitive Linguistics 9 (1) : 227–261.
Boers, Frank. 2010. Helping learners engage with L2 words: The form-meaning fit. AILA Review 23 (1) : 95–114.
Boers, Frank. 2007. Presenting figurative idioms with a touch of etymology: more than mere mnemonics? Language Teaching Research 11 (1) : 43–62.
Boers, Frank. 2006. Formulaic sequences and perceived oral proficiency: putting a Lexical Approach to the test. Language Teaching Research 10 (3) : 245–261.
Boers, Frank. 2006. Motivating multiword units: Rationale, mnemonic benefits, and cognitive style variables. EUROSLA Yearbook 6 : 169–190.
Boers, Frank. 2005. From Movement to Metaphor with Manner-of-Movement Verbs. Applied Linguistics 26 (2) : 241–261.
Boers, Frank. 2003. Applied Linguistics Perspectives on Cross-Cultural Variation in Conceptual Metaphor. Metaphor and Symbol 18 (4) : 231–238.
Boers, Frank. 2000. Metaphor Awareness and Vocabulary Retention. Applied Linguistics 21 (4) : 553–571.