The Mental Lexicon and Vocabulary Learning: Implications for the Foreign Language Classroom

The Mental Lexicon and Vocabulary Learning: Implications for the Foreign Language Classroom
ISBN-10
382336586X
ISBN-13
9783823365860
Category
Cognitive grammar
Pages
197
Language
English
Published
2010
Publisher
BoD – Books on Demand
Author
Saskia Kersten

Description

Meara (1997) suggests that one of the crucial distinctions between active and passive vocabulary lies in the directionality of the connection. If a word is only connected to the rest of the lexicon in a uni-directional way, ...

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