How Words Mean: Lexical Concepts, Cognitive Models, and Meaning Construction
introduces a new approach to the role of words and other linguistic units in the construction of meaning. It does so by addressing the interaction between non-linguistic concepts and the meanings encoded in language.
Lexical Availability in English and Spanish as a Second Language (Educational Linguistics)
This volume contributes to the research in two different research areas: lexical availability studies and vocabulary research in second or foreign languages. Lexical availability is defined as the words that immediately come to mind as a response to a stimulus provided by topics related to domains closely connected to daily life: for instance animals, food and drink, daily activities, politics, or poverty.
Michigan Proficiency Final Countdown - Practice Tests (SB, Audio)
Michigan Proficiency Final Countdown contains eight practice tests, but it is more than just a practice test book. There are Vocabulary Consolidation exercises after each test to consolidate lexical items and also Vocabulary Enhancement exercises that focus on lexical fields often tested on the exam.
The Company Words Keep - Lexical Chunks in Language TeachingTeacher Development Series.
"The Company Words Keep" is a practical and thought-provoking guide for language teachers, showing how the latest insights into "language chunks" can lead to learners acquiring natural and fluent English. Here is a new methodology based on the Lexical Approach, a practical theory of language, of learning - and of teaching. The authors have drawn on their considerable experiences to reflect both on the situation of many non-native teachers around the world who are not always sure which word partnerships are likely and unlikely as well addressing native speakers who still need point-of-need confidence in class and in the key terms involved in the teaching.
This publication is entirely devoted to one of the elements of the exam FCE: Use of English. Readers are invited to a detailed and in-depth consideration of material and lots of practice exam FCE. A clear, concise explanation of grammar with numerous examples, lexical sections clearly linked to the corresponding grammar, lexical practice (Phraseological words, phrases, formation and idiomatic expressions), a large number of exercises for FCE Paper 3, observations on the most common mistakes and how to avoid them. WITH KEY!
