Synopsis
Of the many possible inroads to the study of the lexicon, this volume peruses six current approaches: (1) It discusses the theoretical, especially cognitive foundations of the structure of the lexicon. (2) It inquires into the mental representation of the lexicon and into its psycholinguistic reality. (3) It offers a number of descriptive analyses of lexical fields and problems. (4) It brings up various issues raised by a competational approach to the lexicon. (5) It confronts lexicological approaches with lexicographical ones and discusses didactic issues involved with the latter. (6) It presents pedagogical approaches to the lexicon, especially those based on the use of the computer or other aids for the acquisition of the foreign language lexicon.
About the Author
René Dirven is professor of English linguistics at the University of Duisburg.
Johan Vanparys is lecturer at the language institute of the University of Namur/Belgium.
The Contributors: Johan Vanparys, John Taylor, Cornelia Zelinsky-Wibbelt, Monika Schwarz, Carol Myers-Scotton, Anna Wierzbicka, Friedrich Ungerer, Elzbieta Tabakowska, Angeliki Athanasiadou & René Dirven, Beate Seidel, Jürgen Handke, Stephan Mehl, Nils Lenke, Stefan Dreckmann & Rolf Heinze, Dieter Seelbach, Leonhard Lipka, Reinhard R.K. Hartmann, Winfried Lange, Wolf-Andreas Liebert, Lut Baten, Angela Albrecht & Wim Waumans, Agnieszka Lenko, Ulrike Kaunzner.
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