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First language influences on multilingual lexicons /

"This collection brings together recent research on the influences between first and additional languages with a focus on the development of multilingual lexicons. Featuring work from an international group of scholars, the volume examines the complex dynamics underpinning vocabulary in second...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Booth, Paul (Linguist) (Editor), Clenton, Jon (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Taylor and Francis, 2020.
Edition:1.
Series:Routledge studies in applied linguistics.
Subjects:
Second language acquisition > Case studies.
Interference (Linguistics)
Second language acquisition.
Case studies.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: 1. First language influences on multilingual lexicons: pulling apart the threads / Jon Clenton & Paul Booth
  • Part I. Recognition, comprehension, and reading: 2. The Pseudohomophone Effect in visual word recognition in a Second Language / Nan Jiang & Hye Pae
  • 3. L1- L2 semantic and syntactic processing: the influence of language proximity / Paul Booth, Jon Clenton & Jo Van Herwegen
  • 4. The effect of Arabic word structure and L1 reading processes on the structure of the English L2 / Jim Milton & Khaled Alhazmi
  • Part II. Production, translation and writing: 5. The Multilingual Lexicon: Evidence from Primed Translation Lexical Decision and Verbal Fluency Tasks / Agnieszka Ewa Krautz (Tytus)
  • 6. Beyond literal: expanding vocabulary for translation skills in the diverse, multilingual undergraduate MFL classroom / Rosa Rodriguez-Garrido & Albert Pellicer
  • 7. Processing L2 vocabulary in writing / Katja Mäntylä, Sinikka Lihtinen & Outi Toropainen
  • 8. Use of Collocations in Written Text: a comparative analysis of collocations produced by Native Speakers and Nigerian Learners of English / Peter Obukadeta
  • Part III. Vocabulary assessment: 9. First and second language cognate effects in third language vocabulary knowledge / Christina Lindqvist
  • 10. The Reassessment of Vocabulary Tests Based on Cognate Distribution / Csaba Zoltan Szabo
  • Conclusion: 11. First language influences on multilingual lexicons: drawing the threads together / Paul Booth & Jon Clenton
  • Index.