Lexical Inferencing in a First and Second Language: Cross-linguistic Dimensions

✍ Scribed by Marjorie Bingham Wesche; T. Sima Paribakht

Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Year: 2009
Tongue: English
Leaves: 211
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

Lexical inferencing is a central process in both reading comprehension and word learning through reading. This volume presents a comprehensive review of second language lexical inferencing and a major new study of first and second language lexical inferencing by speakers of Persian, French and English, focusing on first language transfer effects.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents
List of Figures and Tables
Acknowledgements
Preface
Part 1: Lexical Inferencing: A Research Review
Chapter 1 Research on the Lexical Inferencing Process and its Outcomes
Chapter 2. Cross-linguistic Issues in Lexical Inferencing
Part 2: Trilingual Study of Lexical Inferencing in a First and Second Language
Chapter 3. Conceptualization and Methodology
Chapter 4. First Language Influences on Knowledge Source Use in Second Language Lexical Inferencing
Chapter 5. Inferencing Success and Initial Development of Word Knowledge
Chapter 6. Trilingual Study Summary, Discussion and Implications
Appendices
References
Index

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