Vocabulary, Semantics and Language Education

by Evelyn Hatch , Cheryl Brown

• ISBN13: 9780521479424
• ISBN10: 0521479428
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1995-10-27
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

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 paperback 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

Preface	ix
Acknowledgments	xi
Introduction	1	(12)
Part I Semantics	13	(156)
Semantic features and semantic feature analysis	14	(19)
Features	14	(5)
Features in synonyms and antonyms	19	(4)
Features in definitions	23	(1)
Semantic features and grammar	24	(4)
Evaluation of semantic feature analysis	28	(3)
Research and application	31	(2)
Semantic field analysis	33	(14)
Semantic fields	33	(4)
Semantic field displays	37	(4)
Evaluation of semantic field analysis	41	(3)
Research and application	44	(3)
Core meanings and prototype theory	47	(17)
Core meanings	47	(5)
Prototypes	52	(6)
Fuzzy categories, levels, and prototypes	58	(3)
Research and application	61	(3)
Relational models in semantics	64	(22)
Types of relations	65	(6)
Relational models	71	(4)
Relational models in dictionaries	75	(2)
Applying relational models	77	(6)
Research and application	83	(3)
Semantics of figurative language	86	(29)
Pervasiveness of figurative language	86	(2)
Categorizing figurative language	88	(4)
Metaphor as a universal process	92	(7)
Acquisition of metaphor	99	(3)
Literary and conceptual metaphor	102	(3)
Social models and metaphor	105	(2)
Metaphors of teaching and learning	107	(5)
Research and application	112	(3)
Semantic space across languages	115	(30)
Universal categories	116	(8)
Acquisition and error analysis	124	(3)
Error analysis, loan translation, and cognates	127	(4)
Predicting difficulty	131	(7)
Research and application	138	(7)
Script semantics and conceptual structure	145	(24)
Scripts	145	(6)
Scripts and semantics	151	(5)
Script semantics, language teaching, and testing	156	(2)
Thematic and conceptual structure theory	158	(5)
Summary of Part I	163	(1)
Research and application	164	(5)
Part II Lexicon	169	(48)
Adding to the lexicon	170	(19)
Borrowing	170	(5)
Coinage	175	(1)
Names of people and places	176	(3)
Conversion	179	(2)
Shifts	181	(4)
Research and application	185	(4)
Processes in word building	189	(28)
Compounding	189	(4)
Acquisition of compounds	193	(3)
Reduplication	196	(3)
Phrasal lexicon	199	(3)
Idioms and proverbs	202	(4)
How large can a lexical unit be?	206	(2)
Clipping	208	(2)
Initialization and acronyms	210	(1)
Blends	211	(2)
Research and application	213	(4)
Part III Lexical cases and morphology	217	(84)
Word classification	218	(43)
Nouns	219	(3)
Verbs	222	(6)
Adjectives	228	(2)
Adverbs	230	(4)
Pronouns	234	(4)
Conjunctions	238	(5)
Prepositions	243	(4)
Articles and demonstratives	247	(7)
Research and application	254	(7)
Morphology and derivations	261	(24)
Identifying morphemes	261	(3)
Classifying morphemes	264	(4)
Derivations	268	(3)
Derivational prefixes	271	(4)
Derivational suffixes	275	(4)
Other derivational processes	279	(2)
Research and application	281	(4)
Inflectional morphology	285	(16)
Inflections	285	(3)
Morpheme acquisition studies	288	(6)
Errors in inflections and derivations	294	(2)
Morphophonemic change	296	(2)
Research and application	298	(3)
Part IV Vocabulary choice and discourse use	301	(66)
Variation in vocabulary choice	302	(26)
Geography	302	(5)
Gender	307	(2)
Age	309	(3)
Occupation	312	(2)
Education	314	(2)
Group and individual choices	316	(3)
Formality	319	(6)
Research and application	325	(3)
The vocabulary of communication signals and speech acts	328	(39)
Communication signals	328	(20)
The lexicon of speech acts and speech events	348	(15)
Research and application	363	(4)
Part V Vocabulary learning and vocabulary teaching	367	(59)
General vocabulary learning and learner strategies	368	(33)
General issues	368	(4)
Five essential steps in vocabulary learning	372	(20)
Learner compensation strategies	392	(5)
Research and application	397	(4)
Vocabulary pedagogy and teacher strategies	401	(25)
Unplanned vocabulary adjustments and teaching	401	(4)
Planned vocabulary adjustments and teaching	405	(18)
Research and application	423	(3)
Conclusion	426	(1)
References	427	(30)
Index	457