The Routledge Handbook of Vocabulary Studies (Routledge Handbooks in Linguistics)

The Routledge Handbook of Vocabulary Studies provides a cutting-edge survey of current scholarship in this area. Divided into four sections, which cover understanding vocabulary; approaches to teaching and learning vocabulary; measuring knowledge of vocabulary; and key issues in teaching, researching, and measuring vocabulary, this __Handbook__: • brings together a wide range of approaches to learning words to provide clarity on how best vocabulary might be taught and learned; • provides a comprehensive discussion of the key issues and challenges in vocabulary studies, with research taken from the past 40 years; • includes chapters on both formulaic language as well as single-word items; • features original contributions from a range of internationally renowned scholars as well as academics at the forefront of innovative research. The Routledge Handbook of Vocabulary Studies is an essential text for those interested in teaching, learning, and researching vocabulary. The Routledge Handbook of Vocabulary Studies provides a cutting-edge survey of current scholarship in this area. Divided into four sections, which cover understanding vocabulary; approaches to teaching and learning vocabulary; measuring knowledge of vocabulary; and key issues in teaching, researching, and measuring vocabulary, this Handbook: brings together a wide range of approaches to learning words to provide clarity on how best vocabulary might be taught and learned; provides a comprehensive discussion of the key issues and challenges in vocabulary studies, with research taken from the past 40 years; includes chapters on both formulaic language as well as single-word items; features original contributions from a range of internationally renowned scholars as well as academics at the forefront of innovative research. The Routledge Handbook of Vocabulary Studies is an essential text for those interested in teaching, learning, and researching vocabulary. Cover 1 Half Title 2 Series Page 3 Title 4 Copyright 5 Dedication 6 Contents 8 List of Figures 12 List of Tables 14 List of Contributors 16 Acknowledgments 21 1 Introduction 22 Part I Understanding Vocabulary 34 2 The Different Aspects of Vocabulary Knowledge 36 3 Classifying and Identifying Formulaic Language 51 4 An Overview of Conceptual Models and Theories of Lexical Representation in the Mental Lexicon 67 5 The Relationship Between Vocabulary Knowledge and Language Proficiency 87 6 Frequency as a Guide for Vocabulary Usefulness: High-, Mid-, and Low-Frequency Words 102 7 Academic Vocabulary 118 8 Technical Vocabulary 132 9 Factors Affecting the Learning of Single-Word Items 146 10 Factors Affecting the Learning of Multiword Items 164 11 Learning Single Words vs. Multiword Items 179 12 Processing Single-Word and Multiword Items 195 13 L1 and L2 Vocabulary Size and Growth 210 14 How Does Vocabulary Fit Into Theories of Second Language Learning? 228 Part II Approaches to Teaching and Learning Vocabulary 244 15 Incidental Vocabulary Learning 246 16 Intentional L2 Vocabulary Learning 261 17 Approaches to Learning Vocabulary Inside the Classroom 276 18 Strategies for Learning Vocabulary 292 19 Corpus-Based Word Lists in Second Language Vocabulary Research, Learning, and Teaching 309 20 Learning Words With Flash Cards and Word Cards 325 21 Resources for Learning Single-Word Items 341 22 Resources for Learning Multiword Items 357 23 Evaluating Exercises for Learning Vocabulary 372 Part III Measuring Knowledge of Vocabulary 390 24 Measuring Depth of Vocabulary Knowledge 392 25 Measuring Knowledge of Multiword Items 408 26 Measuring Vocabulary Learning Progress 427 27 Measuring the Ability to Learn Words 440 28 Sensitive Measures of Vocabulary Knowledge and Processing: Expanding Nation’s Framework 454 29 Measuring Lexical Richness 475 Part IV Key Issues in Teaching, Researching, and Measuring Vocabulary 498 30 Key Issues in Teaching Single Words 500 31 Key Issues in Teaching Multiword Items 514 32 Single, but Not Unrelated: Key Issues in Researching Single-Word Items 532 33 Key Issues in Researching Multiword Items 550 34 Key Issues in Measuring Vocabulary Knowledge 566 35 Resources for Researching Vocabulary 582 Index 612 This handbook provides a cutting-edge survey of current scholarship in this area. Featuring original contributions from an international range of renowned scholars as well as academics at the forefront of innovative research, this is an essential text for those interested in teaching, learning, and researching vocabulary.