Full Description
This collection brings together recent research on the influences between first and additional languages with a focus on the development of multilingual lexicons. Featuring work from an international group of scholars, the volume examines the complex dynamics underpinning vocabulary in second and third languages and the role first languages play within this process. The book is organized around three different facets of research in this area - lexical recognition, processing, and knowledge; the effects of first languages on second language reading and writing, collocations, and translation skills; and, vocabulary testing - drawing on examples from a variety of languages, including European languages, Arabic, and Japanese. Setting the stage for further research on the interplay between first languages and multilingual lexicons, this volume is key reading for students and researchers in applied linguistics, language learning and teaching, bilingualism, second language acquisition, and translation studies.
Contents
List of Tables and Figures
Acknowledgments
Contributors
Introduction
First language influences on multilingual lexicons - pulling apart the threads.
Part 1: Recognition, comprehension, and reading
The Pseudohomophone Effect in visual word recognition in a Second Language
L1 - L2 semantic and syntactic processing: the influence of language proximity.
The effect of Arabic word structure and L1 reading processes on the structure of the English L2.
Part 2: Production, translation and writing
The Multilingual Lexicon: Evidence from Primed Translation Lexical Decision and Verbal Fluency Tasks.
Beyond literal: expanding vocabulary for translation skills in the diverse, multilingual undergraduate MFL classroom.
Processing L2 vocabulary in writing.
Use of Collocations in Written Text: a comparative analysis of collocations produced by Native Speakers and Nigerian Learners of English.
Part 3: Vocabulary assessment
First and second language cognate effects in third language vocabulary knowledge.
The Reassessment of Vocabulary Tests Based on Cognate Distribution.
Conclusion
First language influences on multilingual lexicons - drawing the threads together.
Index
