Hatch, Evelyn Marcussen.

Vocabulary, semantics, and language education / Evelyn Hatch and Cheryl Brown. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1995. - xii, 468 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Cambridge language teaching library .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 427-456) and index.

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.

0521479428 (pbk.)

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Linguistics.
Semantics.
Lexicology.
Language and languages--Study and teaching.

P123 / .H313 1995

401.4 HAT B