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Lexical Inferencing in a First and Second Language - Cross-linguistic Dimensions (Paperback)
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Lexical Inferencing in a First and Second Language - Cross-linguistic Dimensions (Paperback)
Series: Second Language Acquisition
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This book presents a comprehensive review of previous research on
lexical inferencing, co-authored by Kirsten Haastrup, and a major
new trilingual study of lexical inferencing by both first (L1) and
second language (L2) readers. Research since the 1970s on this
apparently universal cognitive process in L2 reading and vocabulary
learning is surveyed, including the kinds of knowledge and textual
cues L2 readers use when inferring unknown word meanings, factors
influencing their success and knowledge retention, and relevant
theory. A comparative study of L1 and L2 lexical inferencing by
Persian and French and English speakers is then presented, focusing
on evidence of L1 transfer in the L2 inferencing process, its
success and readers' gains in L2 word knowledge. Influences of the
specific L1 are distinguished from those of native versus
non-native proficiency, relative cultural familiarity of texts,
readers' L2 proficiency, text language features and other factors.
The relative typological distance between readers' L1 and L2 is
reflected in systematic differences between L1 speakers of Persian
and French in their L2 lexical inferencing. Implications are drawn
for L2 instruction at advanced levels.
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