TY - BOOK ID - 77934100 TI - Connected words : word associations and second language vocabulary acquisition PY - 2009 SN - 1282312219 9786612312212 9027289077 9789027289070 9027219869 9789027219862 9027219877 9789027219879 9789027219862 9789027219879 PB - Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., DB - UniCat KW - Second language acquisition KW - Vocabulary KW - Language and languages KW - Foreign language study KW - Language and education KW - Language schools KW - Second language learning KW - Language acquisition KW - Study and teaching. KW - Language and languages Study and teaching KW - Study and teaching KW - Diction KW - Lexicology KW - Second language acquisition Study and teaching KW - Vocabulary - Study and teaching KW - Language and languages - Study and teaching. KW - Langue KW - Enseignement KW - Acquisition KW - Vocabulaire UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77934100 AB - What words come into your head when you think of SUN? For native English speakers, the most common responses are MOON, SHINE and HOT, and about half of all native speaker responses to SUN are covered by these three words. L2 English speakers are much less obliging, and produce patterns of association that are markedly different from those produced by native speakers. Why? What does this tell us about the way L2 speakers' vocabularies grow and develop? This volume provides a user-friendly introduction to a research technique which has the potential to answer some long-standing puzzles about L2 vocabulary. The method is easy to use, even for inexperienced researchers, but it produces immensely rich data, which can be analysed on many different levels. The book explores how word association data can be used to probe the development of vocabulary depth, productive vocabulary skills and lexical organisation in L2 speakers. ER -