Vocabulary: Applied Linguistic Perspectives (Aspects of English)

by RonaldCarter (Author)

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  1992

  $3.35

  This book has considerable merits ...eminently readable ...coheres as a whole remarkably well ...an extremely wide range of research and literature is covered ...recommended' - EFL Gazette Until recently, vocabulary has been relatively neglected as an area of language study. This book provides the necessary basis for further study of modern English vocabulary, with particular reference to linguistic descriptive frameworks and to educational contexts. A detailed and wide-ranging bibliography covers many aspects of lexis and modern English language studies. Part 1 : offers an introductory account of linguistic approaches to the analysis of the modern lexicon in English Part 2 : reviews recent work on vocabulary in relation to literary stylistics, lexicography and vocabulary learning and teaching Part 3 : details two case studies