Lexical Processing in Second Language Learners: Papers and Perspectives in Honour of Paul Meara

✍ Scribed by Tess Fitzpatrick (editor); Andy Barfield (editor)

• Publisher: Multilingual Matters
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 195
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book presents studies at the cutting edge of second language vocabulary research by authors whose work represents much of the current focus and direction of investigation in this area. Various aspects of L2 lexical processing, acquisition, and storage are explored in a groundbreaking series of relevant and replicable studies.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents
Contributors
Preface
1. Introduction: Meara’s Contribution to Research in L2 Lexical Processing
2. Putting Yes/No Tests in Context
3. Tangled Webs. . .: Complications in the Exploration of L2 Lexical Networks
4. Word Association Profiles in a First and Second Language: Puzzles and Problems
5. Revisiting Classrooms as Lexical Environments
6. A Close Look at the Use of Pocket Electronic Dictionaries for Receptive and Productive Purposes
7. Repeated L2 Reading With and Without a Dictionary
8. Exploring Productive L2 Collocation Knowledge
9. The Messy Little Details: A Longitudinal Case Study of the Emerging Lexicon
10. Meaning-Last Vocabulary Acquisition and Collocational Productivity
11. Acting on a Hunch: Can L1 Reading Instruction Affect L2 Listening Ability?
12. Taking Stock
References
Author Index
Subject Index