32.979, Books: Measuring Native-Speaker Vocabulary Size: Nation, Coxhead

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Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2021 06:37:01
From: Karin Plijnaar [karin.plijnaar at benjamins.nl]
Subject: Measuring Native-Speaker Vocabulary Size: Nation, Coxhead

 


Title: Measuring Native-Speaker Vocabulary Size 
Publication Year: 2021 
Publisher: John Benjamins
	   http://www.benjamins.com/
	

Book URL: https://benjamins.com/catalog/z.233 


Author: I.S.P. Nation
Author: Averil Coxhead

Electronic: ISBN:  9789027260291 Pages:  Price: Europe EURO 33.00
Electronic: ISBN:  9789027260291 Pages:  Price: U.K. £ 28.00
Electronic: ISBN:  9789027260291 Pages:  Price: U.S. $ 49.95
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Abstract:

Estimating native-speaker vocabulary size is important for guiding
interventions to support native-speaker vocabulary growth and for setting
goals for learners of English as a foreign language. Unfortunately, the
measurement of native-speaker vocabulary size has been one of the most
methodologically contentious areas of research in applied linguistics, with
estimates of adults’ vocabulary size ranging from 12,000 words to well over
200,000 words. This book reviews over one hundred years of research,
critically examining the methodological issues and findings at each age level
from young children to adults, and suggesting solutions. It presents a model
organising the factors involved in vocabulary growth and is rich in
well-researched suggestions for supporting native-speaker vocabulary learning.
It concludes with topics for further research. The research shows that we now
have a more stable and coherent picture of what and how much vocabulary
native-speakers know, and how this knowledge grows throughout their lives.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics
                     Language Acquisition


Written In: English  (eng)

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