The Bilingual lexicon /
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| Imprint: | Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 1993. |
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| Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 307 pages) : illustrations. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Studies in bilingualism ; v. 6 Studies in bilingualism ; v. 6. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11099575 |
| Summary: | In the study of bilingualism, the lexical level of language is of prime importance because, in practical terms, vocabulary acquisition is an essential prerequisite for the development of skill in language use; from a theoretical point of view, the mental lexicon, as a bridge between form and meaning, plays a crucial role in any model of language processing. A central issue in this volume is at which level of the bilingual speaker's lexicon languages share representations and how language-specific representations may be linked.<br> <br> The contributors favor a dynamic, developmental perspective on bilingualism, which takes account of the change of the mental lexicon over time and pays considerable attention to the acquisition phase. Several papers deal with the level of proficiency and its consequences for bilingual lexical processing, as well as the effects of practice. This discussion raises numerous questions about the notion of (lexical) proficiency and how this can be established by objective standards, an area of study that invites collaboration between researchers working from a theoretical and from a practical background.<br> <br> |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 307 pages) : illustrations. |
| Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789027282859 9027282854 9027241082 9789027241085 1556195362 9781556195365 9027241104 9789027241108 1556195389 9781556195389 |