First Language Influences on Multilingual Lexicons

Paul Booth is a Senior Lecturer at Kingston University (London) and course leader for the MA in Applied Linguistics for TESOL. His publications include: L1 – L2 semantic and syntactic processing: The influence of language proximity, System 78 and The variance of lexical diversity profiles and its relationship to learning style, IRAL 52.Jon Clenton is an Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics at Hiroshima University. His publications include Testing the Revised Hierarchical Model: Evidence from word associations. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, and Making sense of learner performance on tests of productive vocabulary knowledge. (with T. Fitzpatrick) TESOL Quarterly.

• List of Tables and FiguresAcknowledgmentsContributorsIntroduction First language influences on multilingual lexicons - pulling apart the threads. Part 1: Recognition, comprehension, and reading The Pseudohomophone Effect in visual word recognition in a Second Language L1 – L2 semantic and syntactic processing: the influence of language proximity. The effect of Arabic word structure and L1 reading processes on the structure of the English L2. Part 2: Production, translation and writing The Multilingual Lexicon: Evidence from Primed Translation Lexical Decision and Verbal Fluency Tasks. Beyond literal: expanding vocabulary for translation skills in the diverse, multilingual undergraduate MFL classroom. Processing L2 vocabulary in writing. Use of Collocations in Written Text: a comparative analysis of collocations produced by Native Speakers and Nigerian Learners of English. Part 3: Vocabulary assessment First and second language cognate effects in third language vocabulary knowledge. The Reassessment of Vocabulary Tests Based on Cognate Distribution. Conclusion First language influences on multilingual lexicons – drawing the threads together. Index