Vocabulary, semantics, and language education
/ Evelyn Hatch and Cheryl Brown
- Cambridge : New York : Cambridge University Press, 1995
- xii, 468 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Part I. Semantics: 1. Semantic features and semantic feature analysis 2. Semantic field analysis 3. Core meanings and prototype theory 4. Relational models in semantics 5. Semantics of figurative language 6. Semantic space across languages 7. Script semantics and conceptual structure Part II. Lexicon: 8. Adding to the lexicon 9. Processes in word building Part III. Lexical Classes and Morphology: 10. Word classification 11. Morphology and derivations 12. Inflectional morphology Part IV. Vocabulary Choice and Discourse Use: 13. Variation in vocabulary choice 14. The vocabulary of communication signals and speech acts Part V. Vocabulary Learning and Vocabulary Teaching: 15. General vocabulary learning and learner strategies 16. Vocabulary pedagogy and teacher strategies