Vocabulary, semantics, and language education

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This text focuses on the exploration of semantic and lexical theory and its application to language teaching and language learning Learning the vocabulary of a new language requires learning its semantic and lexical systems. The focus of the hardback edition is the exploration of semantic and lexical theory and its application to language teaching and language learning. Following the format of its companion volume, Discourse and Language Education, winner of the Modern Language Association's Kenneth W. Mildenberger Prize, each chapter contains a wide variety of hands-on practice activities as well as suggestions for application and research.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• Part I Semantics
• 1 Semantic features and semantic feature analysis
• 2 Semantic field analysis
• 3 Core meanings and prototype theory
• 4 Relational models in semantics
• 5 Semantics of figurative language
• 6 Semantic space across languages
• 7 Script semantics and conceptual structure
• Part II Lexicon
• 8 Adding to the lexicon
• 9 Processes in word building
• Part III Lexical Classes and Morphology
• 10 Word classification
• 11 Morphology and derivations
• 12 Inflectional morphology
• Part IV Vocabulary Choice and Discourse Use
• 13 Variation in vocabulary choice
• 14 The vocabulary of communication signals and speech acts
• Part V Vocabulary Learning and Vocabulary Teaching
• 15 General vocabulary learning and learner strategies
• 16 Vocabulary pedagogy and teacher strategies