Lexical Availability in English and Spanish as a Second Language

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Jiménez Catalán, Rosa María (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Educational Linguistics, 17
• Subjects: Education.; Applied linguistics.; Psycholinguistics.; Language and education.; Literacy.; Language Education.; Applied Linguistics.

This volume contributes to the research in two different research areas: lexical availability studies and vocabulary research in second or foreign languages. Lexical availability is defined as the words that immediately come to mind as a response to a stimulus provided by topics related to domains c...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• 1. Lexical Availability Studies
• Part I . 2. Lexical Availability of Basic and Advanced Semantic Categories in English L1 and English L2
• 3. The Effect of Age on EFL Learners’ Lexical Availability: Word Responses to the Cue Words ‘Town’ and ‘Countryside’
• 4. The Incidence of Previous Foreign Language Contact in a Lexical Availability Task. A Study of Senior Learners
• 5. Lexical Variation in Learners’ Responses to Cue Words: The Effect of Gender
• 6. Frequency Profiles of EFL Learners’ Lexical Availability
• Part II . 7. The Relationship of Language Proficiency to the Lexical Availability of Learners of Spanish
• 8. Slovene Students’ Lexical Availability in English and Spanish
• 9. The Effect of Instruction on Polish Spanish Learners’ Lexical Availability
• 10. Cognitive Factors of Lexical Availability in a Second Language
• Conclusion
• 11. Researching Lexical Availability in L2: some Methodological Issues.