Advanced Students’ Knowledge of Vocabulary in a First and Second Language

Monica Karlsson

Description

Takes the unique approach of investigating students’ L1 and L2 vocabulary knowledge in a wide variety of subfields

This book offers a comprehensive investigation into advanced students’ knowledge of vocabulary in their L1 and L2. As a cross-sectional study, it examines the quantitative aspects of students’ vocabulary knowledge through parallel tests of upper secondary level vocabulary, specialised vocabulary, and advanced vocabulary in both their L1 and L2. It also, primarily in qualitative terms, investigates students' L1 and L2 knowledge of polysemous words, lexical fields of near synonyms and false friends. Knowledge of derivative forms, idioms, proverbs, idiomatically used prepositions and multi-word verbs offer insights into both the breadth and depth of students’ L1 and L2 vocabulary knowledge. Finally, it considers the extent to which students’ results can be attributed to differences between inferencing skills in their L1 and L2. In each subfield, the pedagogical implications of the findings are discussed. This book will be of interest to teachers and researchers focusing on the teaching and learning of vocabulary.

Acknowledgements

Chapter 1. Introduction

Chapter 2. Vocabulary Taught at Upper Secondary School Level, Specialised Uses of Vocabulary and Advanced Vocabulary

Chapter 3. Word Formation: With a Focus on Derivational Suffixation

Chapter 4. Idioms and Proverbs

Chapter 5. Idiomatically Used Prepositions and Multi-Word Verbs

Chapter 6. Polysemous Words, Lexical Fields of Near Synonyms and False Friends

Chapter 7. Inferencing

Chapter 8. Summing Up and Directions for Future Research

Appendices

References

Index

Sujets

• Disciplines
• Language Arts
• Sociologie, société et politique
• Linguistics
• Language Acquisition: A Journal of Developmental Linguistics
• Professional
• Psycholinguistics
• Postgraduate education
• Language acquisition
• Research
• Postgraduate

Informations

• Publié par: Channel View Publications
• Date de parution: 19 octobre 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 1
• EAN13: 9781800415263
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 7 Mo

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Advanced Students’ Knowledge of Vocabulary in a First and Second Language

SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION Series Editors: Professor David Singleton,University of Pannonia, Hungaryand Fellow Emeritus,Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland and Professor Simone E. Pfenninger, University of Zurich, Switzerland This series brings together titles dealing with a variety of aspects of language acquisition and processing in situations where a language or languages other than the native language is involved. Second language is thus interpreted in its broadest possible sense. The volumes included in the series all offer in their different ways, on the one hand, exposition and discussion of empirical findings and, on the other, some degree of theoretical reflection. In this latter connection, no particular theoretical stance is privileged in the series; nor is any relevant perspective – sociolinguistic, psycholinguistic, neurolinguistic, etc. – deemed out of place. The intended readership of the series includes final-year undergraduates working on second language acquisition projects, postgraduate students involved in second language acquisition research, and researchers, teachers and policymakers in general whose interests include a second language acquisition component. All books in this series are externally peer-reviewed. Full details of all the books in this series and of all our other publications can be found o nhttp://www.multilingual-matters.com, or by writing to Multilingual Matters, St Nicholas House, 31–34 High Street, Bristol, BS1 2AW, UK.

SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION: 158 Advanced Students’ Knowledge of Vocabulary in a First and Second Language Monica Karlsson

MULTILINGUAL MATTERS Bristol • Jackson

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.21832/KARLSS5249 Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data A catalog record for this book is available from the Library of Congress. Names: Karlsson, Monica, author. Title: Advanced Students' Knowledge of Vocabulary in a First and Second Language/Monica Karlsson. Description: Bristol; Jackson: Multilingual Matters, [2022] | Series: Second Language Acquisition: 158 | Includes bibliographical references and index. | Summary: "This book offers a comprehensive investigation into advanced students' knowledge of vocabulary in their L1 and L2. This cross-sectional study examines the qualitative and quantitative aspects of students' vocabulary knowledge in subfields such as suffixation, idioms and proverbs, multi-word verbs, polysemous words and inferencing skills"-- Provided by publisher. Identifiers: LCCN 2022027091 (print) | LCCN 2022027092 (ebook) | ISBN 9781800415249 (hardback) | ISBN 9781800415263 (epub) | ISBN 9781800415256 (pdf) Subjects: LCSH: Vocabulary--Study and teaching (Secondary) | Language and languages--Study and teaching (Secondary) | Second language acquisition. Classification: LCC P53.9 .K37 2022 (print) | LCC P53.9 (ebook) | DDC 418.0071/2-- dc23/eng/20220822 LC record available athttps://lccn.loc.gov/2022027091 LC ebook record available athttps://lccn.loc.gov/2022027092 British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue entry for this book is available from the British Library. ISBN-13: 978-1-80041-524-9 (hbk) Multilingual Matters UK: St Nicholas House, 31–34 High Street, Bristol, BS1 2AW, UK. USA: Ingram, Jackson, TN, USA. Website:www.multilingual-matters.com Twitter:Multi_Ling_Mat Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/multilingualmatters Blog:www.channelviewpublications.wordpress.com Copyright © 2023 Monica Karlsson. All rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced in any form or by any means without permission in writing from the publisher. The policy of Multilingual Matters/Channel View Publications is to use papers that are natural, renewable and recyclable products, made from wood grown in sustainable forests. In the manufacturing process of our books, and to further support our policy, preference is given to printers that have FSC and PEFC Chain of Custody certification. The FSC and/or PEFC logos will appear on those books where full certification has been granted to the printer concerned. Typeset by Nova Techset Private Limited, Bengaluru and Chennai, India. Printed and bound in the UK by the CPI Books Group Ltd.

Contents

Contents

Acknowledgements 1 Introduction 1.1 Teaching and Learning Vocabulary in a Second Language 1.2 The Present Study The purpose and outline of the book Informants, material and method 1.3 What Does It Mean to Know a Word? 1.4 The Chapter That Follows Notes 2 Vocabulary Taught at Upper Secondary School Level, Specialised Uses of Vocabulary and Advanced Vocabulary 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Vocabulary Taught at Upper Secondary School Level Receptive versus productive vocabulary knowledge The parallel tests used for the present chapter Results and discussion 2.3 Specialised Uses of Vocabulary A continuum of specialised uses of vocabulary The parallel tests used for the present chapter Results and discussion 2.4 Advanced Vocabulary What makes a word advanced? The parallel tests used for the present chapter Results and discussion 2.5 The Students’ Vocabulary Size on the Three Parallel Tests Used for the Present Chapter 2.6 Conclusions and Pedagogical Implications 2.7 The Chapter That Follows Notes 3 Word Formation: With a Focus on Derivational Suffixation 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Theoretical Background and Previous Research Do learners decompose morphologically complex words or not? A pedagogical approach to affixes 3.3 A Comparison of Affixation Rules between English and Swedish and the Parallel Tests Used for the Present Chapter A comparison of affixation rules between English and Swedish The parallel tests used for the present chapter 3.4 Results and Discussion The students’ results Results on Part A (word pairs, context-based and gap-filling) Results on Part B (word families, decontextualised) Individual L1 and L2 affixation knowledge and the correlation between affixation knowledge and vocabulary size 3.5 Conclusions and Pedagogical Implications 3.6 The Chapter That Follows Notes 4 Idioms and Proverbs 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Theoretical Background and Previous Research