Vocabulary Studies in First and Second Language Acquisition: The Interface Between Theory and Application

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
List of Figures......Page 8
List of Tables......Page 10
Preface......Page 13
Acknowledgements......Page 16
Notes on the Contributors......Page 17
1 Lexical Features of Parental Academic Language Input: the Effect on Vocabulary Growth in Monolingual Dutch Children......Page 22
2 Vocabulary, Reading and Classroom Supports for Language......Page 44
3 Exploring Vocabulary with Young L1 Learners: the Contribution of a Corpus......Page 60
4 Vocabulary, Education and Diversity......Page 80
5 Language Dominance and Lexical Diversity: How Bilinguals and L2 Learners Differ in their Knowledge and Use of French Lexical and Functional Items......Page 95
6 Lexical Diversity and Native-Like Selection: the Bonus of Studying Abroad......Page 112
7 Lexical Performance by Native and Non-Native Speakers on Language-Learning Tasks......Page 128
8 Can Differential Processing of L2 Vocabulary Inform the Debate on Teacher Code-Switching Behaviour? The Case of Chinese Learners of English......Page 146
9 Lexical Development in Instructed L2 Learners of French: Is there a Relationship with Morphosyntactic Development?......Page 168
10 A New Method of Measuring Rare Word Diversity: the Example of L2 Learners of French......Page 185
11 Vocabulary Knowledge and Academic Success: a Study of Chinese Students in UK Higher Education......Page 200
12 Vocabulary Size and the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages......Page 215
References......Page 233
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