The Routledge handbook of vocabulary studies

Author(s)

• Webb, Stuart Alexander

Bibliographic Information

The Routledge handbook of vocabulary studies

edited by Stuart Webb

（Routledge handbooks in linguistics）（Routledge handbooks）

Routledge, 2020 [i.e. 2019]

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

The Routledge Handbook of Vocabulary Studies provides a cutting-edge survey of current scholarship in this area. Divided into four sections, which cover understanding vocabulary; approaches to teaching and learning vocabulary; measuring knowledge of vocabulary; and key issues in teaching, researching, and measuring vocabulary, this Handbook: * brings together a wide range of approaches to learning words to provide clarity on how best vocabulary might be taught and learned; * provides a comprehensive discussion of the key issues and challenges in vocabulary studies, with research taken from the past 40 years; * includes chapters on both formulaic language as well as single-word items; * features original contributions from a range of internationally renowned scholars as well as academics at the forefront of innovative research. The Routledge Handbook of Vocabulary Studies is an essential text for those interested in teaching, learning, and researching vocabulary.

Table of Contents

List of figures List of tables List of contributors Acknowledgements 1 Introduction Part I UNDERSTANDING VOCABULARY 2 The different aspects of vocabulary knowledge 3 Classifying and identifying formulaic language 4 An overview of conceptual models and thories of lexical representation in the mental lexicon 5 The relationship between vocabulary knowledge and language proficiency 6 Frequency as a guide for vocabulary usefulness: High-, mid- and low-frequency words 7 Academic vocabulary 8 Technical vocabulary 9 Factors affecting the learning of single word items 10 Factors affecting the learning of multiword items 11 Learning single words vs. multiword items 12 Processing single- and multi-word items 13 L1 and L2 vocabulary size and growth 14 How does vocabulary fit into theories of second language learning? Part APPROACHES TO TEACHING AND LEARNING VOCABULARY 15 Incidental vocabulary learning 16 Intentional L2 vocabulary learning 17 Approaches to learning vocabulary inside the classroom 18 Strategies for learning vocabulary 19 Corpus-based wordlists in second language vocabulary research, learning, and teaching 20 Learning words with flashcards and wordcards 21 Resources for learning single-word items 22 Resources for learning multi-word items 23 Evaluating exercises for learning vocabulary Part III MEASURING KNOWLEDGE OF VOCABULARY 24 Measuring depth of vocabulary knowledge 25 Measuring knowledge of multiword items 26 Measuring vocabulary learning progress 27 Measuring the ability to learn words 28 Sensitive measures of vocabulary knowledge and processing: Expanding Nation's framework 29 Measuring lexical richness Part IV KEY ISSUES IN TEACHING, RESEARCHING, AND MEASURING VOCABULARY 30 Key issues in teaching single word items 31 Key issues in teaching multiword items 32 Single, but not unrelated: Key issues in teaching single word items 33 Key issues in researching multiword items 34 Key issues in measuring vocabulary knowledge 35 Resources for researching vocabulary Index

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BB28816081
• ISBN:
  • 9781138735729
• LCCN: 2019007763
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: xx, 598 p.
• Size: 26 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : P305
  • DC23 : 401/.4
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Vocabulary
  • LCSH : Vocabulary -- Study and teaching
  • LCSH : Language acquisition
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BB1552854X
  • BB00515431