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Subject: Connected Words: Meara
 

	
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Title: Connected Words 
Subtitle: Word associations and second language vocabulary acquisition 
Series Title: Language Learning & Language Teaching 24  

Publication Year: 2009 
Publisher: John Benjamins
	   http://www.benjamins.com/
	

Book URL: http://www.benjamins.com/cgi-bin/t_bookview.cgi?bookid=LL%26LT%2024 


Author: Paul Meara

Electronic: ISBN:  9789027289070 Pages:  Price: U.S. $ 143.00
Electronic: ISBN:  9789027289070 Pages:  Price: Europe EURO 95.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9789027219862 Pages:  Price: Europe EURO 95.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9789027219862 Pages:  Price: U.S. $ 143.00
Paperback: ISBN:  9789027219879 Pages:  Price: Europe EURO 33.00
Paperback: ISBN:  9789027219879 Pages:  Price: U.S. $ 49.95


Abstract:

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. 



Linguistic Field(s): Language Acquisition
                     Psycholinguistics


Written In: English  (eng)
	
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