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Paul Nation

American-New Zealander language acquisition researcher
Person Human Q7152680

Facts

11 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[9]
Date of birth
1944
Country of citizenship
New Zealand[5]
Occupation
linguist, philologist, university teacher
Employer
Victoria University of Wellington, Australian National University[7][8]
Position held
professor emeritus[6]
Doctoral student
Maria Stubbe, Dongkwang Shin, Lynn E Grant, Stuart Alexander Webb, Margaret Franken, Michael P. H. Rodgers[10][11][12][13][14][15]
Family name
Nation[16]
Given name
Paul[17]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
NZThesisProject[18]
🏷️ Also known as
en Ian Stephen Paul Nation en Paul Nation en P. NATION cs I. S. P. Nation ja ポール・ネーション
🔖 Identifiers · 26
ISNI
0000000110437167
ORCID iD
0000-0002-2920-9874
VIAF cluster ID
21117453
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n85147628
GND ID
136468985
OpenAlex ID
A5057548987
CANTIC ID
981058528343706706
CiNii Research ID
1140000791634731776
Freebase ID
/m/0dgqpgr
Google Scholar author ID
NBZ1Qw0AAAAJ
IdRef ID
060123990
J9U entity ID
987007432209105171
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NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA04396016
NL CR AUT ID
jcu2012732737
NUKAT ID
n01031122
National Library of Korea ID
KAC201216962
National Library of Wales Authority ID
nation-paul
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
078296986
SBN author ID
UBOV049121
SHARE Catalogue author ID
603415
SNARC ID
Trinidad and Tobago at the 1980 Summer Olympics
UOM ID
42012
University of Barcelona authority ID
981058528343706706
University of Barcelona authority ID (former scheme)
a1261441
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJgMGfbbfCvyPgPfChJJjC
Yale LUX ID
person/a4bafdda-f862-44b3-b1d7-adf0b20b2d75

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How much input do you need to learn the most frequent 9,000 words?, LIMITATIONS OF SIZE AND LEVELS TESTS OF WRITTEN RECEPTIVE VOCABULARY KNOWLEDGE, Reading a whole book to learn vocabulary
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How much input do you need to learn the most frequent 9,000 words?, LIMITATIONS OF SIZE AND LEVELS TESTS OF WRITTEN RECEPTIVE VOCABULARY KNOWLEDGE, Reading a whole book to learn vocabulary
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Victoria University of Wellington
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Summary

Paul Nation was born on January 1, 1944[1]. He has worked as a linguist[2], philologist[3], and university teacher[4].

FAQs

What did Paul Nation do for work?

Paul Nation worked as a linguist[2], philologist[3], and university teacher[4].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [9] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wgtn.ac.nz. Retrieved . wgtn.ac.nz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [2] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . wgtn.ac.nz. Retrieved . wgtn.ac.nz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . doi.org. doi.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . doi.org. doi.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . doi.org. doi.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . doi.org. doi.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . doi.org. doi.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . doi.org. doi.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [1] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 27d ago · DrThneed · 2026-10-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Family name → Nation
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #60746: family names thesis project"
  2. 25w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Occupation → linguist, philologist, university teacher
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #32149: import P21 and P106 from GND (33)"
  3. 27w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Date of birth → 1944
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #30090: import data from GND - part 29 (cf. https://w.wiki/Me9X)"
  4. 27w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Given name → Paul
    CiNii Research ID → 1140000791634731776
    Freebase ID → /m/0dgqpgr
    Doctoral student → Maria Stubbe, Dongkwang Shin, Lynn E Grant +1
    + 32 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #29950: removal of GND year-precision P569 bis (12), to be readded in a few days with a reference (cf. https://w"
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