Modelling and Assessing Vocabulary Knowledge.

DALLER, HELMUT/JAMES MILTON/JEANINE TREFFERS-DALLER [EDS].

ISBN 10: 0521703271 / ISBN 13: 9780521703277

Published by Cambridge-New York, Cambridge University Press 2007, 2007

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Original publisher's sewn paperback, title spine and frontcover, large 8vo: xiv, 274pp. Very fine copy - as new. Volume: Cambridge Applied Linguistics.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Modelling and Assessing Vocabulary Knowledge.
• Publisher: Cambridge-New York, Cambridge University Press 2007
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521703271
• ISBN 13: 9780521703277
• Binding: Soft cover

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Synopsis

Over the last 20 years vocabulary research has grown from a Cinderella subject to a position of some importance. Vocabulary is now considered integral to just about every aspect of language knowledge and is a lively and vital area of research and innovation. With this development have come standard and widely-used tests, such as vocabulary size and lexical richness measures, and commonly accepted metaphors, such as the mental lexicon as a web of words. Less widely known outside academic circles, however, is the extensive work on learners' lexis and the utility, reliability and validity of the tests we use to measure and investigate it. This volume brings together contributions from internationally-renowned researchers in this field to explain much of the background to study in this area. It introduces to a wider audience the concerns, the newest approaches and developments in the field of vocabulary research and testing.

Book Description

Brings together contributions from internationally-renowned researchers on new approaches and developments in the field of vocabulary research and testing.