Vocabulary and Language Teaching
Applied Linguistics and Language Study Series

The material in this book reviews work dating back to the vocabulary control movement in the 1930s and also refers to more recent work on the role of lexis in language learning. Two chapters describe the main foundations of lexical semantics and relevant research and pedagogical studies in vocabulary and lexicography; and a further chapter discusses recent advances in the field of lexis and discourse analysis. There is also a series of specially commissioned articles which investigate the structure and functions of the modern English lexicon in relation to its exploitation for classroom vocabulary teaching.

Chapter 1 Word lists and learning words; Chapter 2 Lexis and structure; Chapter 3 Developments in the teaching of vocabulary; Chapter 4 New directions in vocabulary studies; Chapter 4a Some current trends in vocabulary teaching, James Nattinger; Chapter 4b ::, Joanna Channell; Chapter 4c Vocabulary and reading, Paul Nation, James Coady; Chapter 4d The role of dictionaries in language learning, Della Summers; Chapter 4e Stable and creative aspects of vocabulary use, A. P. Cowie; Chapter 4f A lexical syllabus for language learning, John McH. Sinclair, Antoinette Renouf; Chapter 4g Vocabulary, cloze and discourse, Ronald Carter; Chapter 4h Some vocabulary patterns in conversation, Michael McCarthy; Chapter 5 Lexis and discourse;

Ronald Carter, Michael Mccarthy