Connected Words
Word associations and second language vocabulary acquisition
Published on 25. August 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
174 pages
978-90-272-1987-9 (ISBN)
Description
What words come into your head when you think of SUN? For native English speakers, the most common responses are MOON, SHINE and HOT, and about half of all native speaker responses to SUN are covered by these three words. L2 English speakers are much less obliging, and produce patterns of association that are markedly different from those produced by native speakers. Why? What does this tell us about the way L2 speakers' vocabularies grow and develop? This volume provides a user-friendly introduction to a research technique which has the potential to answer some long-standing puzzles about L2 vocabulary. The method is easy to use, even for inexperienced researchers, but it produces immensely rich data, which can be analysed on many different levels. The book explores how word association data can be used to probe the development of vocabulary depth, productive vocabulary skills and lexical organisation in L2 speakers.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 160 mm
Weight
360 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-272-1987-9 (9789027219879)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Content
1. Acknowledgements; 2. Section 1. Early work; 3. Chapter 1. Learners' word associations in French; 4. Chapter 2. Word associations in a foreign language; 5. Section 2. Associations as productive vocabulary; 6. Chapter 3. Lex30: An improved method of assessing productive vocabulary in an L2; 7. Chapter 4. Exploring the validity of a test of productive vocabulary; 8. Section 3. Word association networks; 9. Chapter 5. Network structures and vocabulary acquisition in a foreign language; 10. Chapter 6. V_Links: Beyond vocabulary depth; 11. Chapter 7. A further note on simulating word association behaviour in an L2; 12. Section 4. Bibliographical resources for word associations in an L2; 13. Chapter 8. Word associations in a second language: An annotated bibliography; 14. Section 5. Software applications; 15. Chapter 9. The Lex30 v3.00 manual; 16. Chapter 10. The V_Six v1.00 manual; 17. Chapter 11. WA_Sorter: The manual; 18. References; 19. Index