The Multilingual Lexicon
The Multilingual Lexicon

Author: Jasone Cenoz

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2003-08-31

Total Pages: 211

ISBN-13: 1402015437

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This volume is a response both to the increasing interest in multilingual phenomena and lexical issues in language learning. It is of interest to scholars and graduate students interested in bi- and multilingualism, second and multiple language acquisition, language processing and language learning, mental lexicon, applied linguistics, psycho- and neurolinguistics and language teaching. Recent research on third language acquisition and trilingualism has made clear that most multilingual studies actually deal with vocabulary learning or the lexicon. So far books on the mental lexicon have mainly been concerned with two languages in contact. This book is unique because it explores the multilingual lexicon by providing insights from research studies conducted in psycholinguistics, applied linguistics and neurolinguistics. It goes beyond the use of two languages and thus concentrates on a new and developing area in linguistic research. The different perspectives included in this volume provide a link to the mainstream work on the lexicon and vocabulary acquisition and will stimulate further debate in these areas and in the study of multilingualism.

The Multilingual Lexicon
The Multilingual Lexicon

Author: Jasone Cenoz

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2010-12-01

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9789048163922

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This book is unique because it explores the multilingual lexicon by providing insights from research studies conducted in psycholinguistics, applied linguistics and neurolinguistics. It goes beyond the use of two languages and thus concentrates on a new and developing area in linguistic research. The different perspectives provide a link to the mainstream work on the lexicon and vocabulary acquisition and will stimulate further debate in these areas and in the study of multilingualism.

The Multilingual Lexicon
The Multilingual Lexicon

Author: Jasone Cenoz

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2007-05-28

Total Pages: 211

ISBN-13: 030648367X

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This book is unique because it explores the multilingual lexicon by providing insights from research studies conducted in psycholinguistics, applied linguistics and neurolinguistics. It goes beyond the use of two languages and thus concentrates on a new and developing area in linguistic research. The different perspectives provide a link to the mainstream work on the lexicon and vocabulary acquisition and will stimulate further debate in these areas and in the study of multilingualism.

The Bilingual Lexicon
The Bilingual Lexicon

Author: Robert Schreuder

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing

Published: 1993-08-06

Total Pages: 317

ISBN-13: 9027282854

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In the study of bilingualism, the lexical level of language is of prime importance because, in practical terms, vocabulary acquisition is an essential prerequisite for the development of skill in language use; from a theoretical point of view, the mental lexicon, as a bridge between form and meaning, plays a crucial role in any model of language processing. A central issue in this volume is at which level of the bilingual speaker's lexicon languages share representations and how language-specific representations may be linked. The contributors favor a dynamic, developmental perspective on bilingualism, which takes account of the change of the mental lexicon over time and pays considerable attention to the acquisition phase. Several papers deal with the level of proficiency and its consequences for bilingual lexical processing, as well as the effects of practice. This discussion raises numerous questions about the notion of (lexical) proficiency and how this can be established by objective standards, an area of study that invites collaboration between researchers working from a theoretical and from a practical background.

Bilingualism
Bilingualism

Author: Maya Libben

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company

Published: 2017-12-15

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 9027264899

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In the world today, bilingualism is more common than monolingualism. Thus, the default mental lexicon may in fact be the bilingual lexicon. More than ever, social and technological innovation have created a situation in which lexical knowledge may change dramatically throughout an individual’s lifetime. This book offers a new perspective for the understanding of these phenomena and their consequences for the representation of words in the mind and brain. Contributing authors are leaders in the field who provide a re-analysis of key assumptions and a re-focusing of research. They bring new insights and new findings that advance the understanding of both bilingualism and the mental lexicon. This volume serves to generate new directions and advances in bilingualism research.

Language and the Lexicon
Language and the Lexicon

Author: David Singleton

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-05-06

Total Pages: 281

ISBN-13: 131783593X

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The lexicon represents the building blocks of language: words and vocabulary. Most of us think of language in terms of words, and words are also integral to the way in which linguists approach language as an object of study. The lexicon and lexical issues must be taken in consideration in every domain of language study and, conversely, the lexicon cannot be viewed in isolation from other aspects of language. 'Language and the Lexicon' provides a comprehensive yet accessible overview of lexicology, introducing the reader to the lexicon by exploring the lexical aspects of a range of different areas of language: syntax, morphology, semantics, phonology, language variation, language change, language acquisition and language processing. Assuming no prior knowledge of linguistics, the book introduces the key concepts employing examples from a wide variety of languages in order to illustrate the points made. This book is ideally suited to those approaching lexicology for the first time. With its wide breadth of focus and diverse topics, it can equally serve as a first introduction to linguistics.

Exploring the Second Language Mental Lexicon
Exploring the Second Language Mental Lexicon

Author: David Michael Singleton

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1999-02-11

Total Pages: 364

ISBN-13: 9780521555340

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This volume does not offer a complex perspective of the L2 lexicon, but rather represents a sustained attempt to answer some very basic questions clustered around the relationship between the L2 mental lexicon and the L1 mental lexicon. It provides a review of L1 and L2 lexical research issues such as similarities and differences between the conditions of L1 and L2 acquisition, the respective roles of forming and meaning in L1 and L2 processing, and the degree of separation/integration between L1 and L2 lexical operations.

First Language Influences on Multilingual Lexicons
First Language Influences on Multilingual Lexicons

Author: Paul Booth

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2021-09-30

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13: 9781032173696

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This collection brings together recent research on the influences between first and additional languages. This volume is key reading for students and researchers in applied linguistics, language learning and teaching, bilingualism, second language acquisition, and translation studies.

The Bilingual Mental Lexicon
The Bilingual Mental Lexicon

Author: Aneta Pavlenko

Publisher: Multilingual Matters

Published: 2009-01-22

Total Pages: 267

ISBN-13: 1847691250

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How are words organized in the bilingual mind? How are they linked to concepts? How do bi- and multilinguals process words in their multiple languages? Contributions to this volume offer up-to-date answers to these questions and provide a detailed introduction to interdisciplinary approaches used to investigate the bilingual lexicon.

Third Or Additional Language Acquisition
Third Or Additional Language Acquisition

Author: Gessica De Angelis

Publisher: Multilingual Matters

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 161

ISBN-13: 1847690033

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Third or Additional Language Acquisition examines research on the acquisition of languages beyond the L2 within four main areas of inquiry: crosslinguistic influence, multilingual speech production models, the multilingual lexicon and the impact of bi/mul