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L 2 lexical development and the lexical network model: The case of basic verbs of perception
Author(s) -
Sato Masanobu,
Tanaka Shigenori
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
international journal of applied linguistics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.712
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 1473-4192
pISSN - 0802-6106
DOI - 10.1111/ijal.12108
Subject(s) - psychology , perception , lexical item , linguistics , competence (human resources) , lexical choice , natural language processing , computer science , social psychology , philosophy , neuroscience
This study deals with the process of lexical development by J apanese learners of E nglish in instructional settings. A test was designed to measure their inter‐lexical competence (i.e. the ability to use semantically related words differently) about the E nglish basic verbs of sensory perception (e.g. see , listen , smell ), which constitutes a conceptual lexical network. Three hundred nineteen university students of different levels of E nglish proficiency participated in this study. The overall results showed that J apanese university students had difficulty in the selective use of basic verbs of perception, and we identified some specific problematic areas. The performance of the participants was discussed in terms of a learning strategy – i.e. the search‐translation‐equivalent strategy. Pedagogical implications were discussed with reference to core schemas and lexical networks.