Description
Book SynopsisThis book presents an interesting new perspective on the study of the lexicon, examining ways in which insights from translation and language learning can be viewed as complementary. The contributors bring together a range of expertise including research on the mental lexicon, second language acquisition research, translation studies and practice, terminology, language teaching and lexicography. The lexicon, often considered to be the poor relation of grammar, has recently received more attention from theoretical and applied linguists. This book is a part of the trend to explore the rich potential of this field for the benefit of the translator or lexicographer, as well as the language learner and the teacher.
Table of ContentsPreface
1. Gunilla Anderman and Margaret Rogers: The Translator and the Language Learner: Linguistics Revisited
2. Jean Aitchison: Taming the Wilderness: Words in the Mental Lexicon
3. Paul Meara: The Classical Research in L2 Vocabulary Acquisition
4. Gunilla Anderman: The Word is My Oyster: The Language Learner and the Translator
5. Peter Newmark: Looking at English Words in Translation
6. John Ayto: Lexical Innovation: Neologism and Dictionaries
7. Margaret Rogers: Beyond the Dictionary: The Translator, the L2 Learner and the Computer
