社会语言学心理词汇PPT.docVIP

心理词汇对外语词汇教学的意义mental lexicon and L2 vocabulary learning Introduction The definitions of mental lexicon The difference between L1 mental lexicon and L2 mental lexicon Implications of mental lexicon on the vocabulary teaching Definitions of mental lexicon Mental lexicon is something like a paper dictionary, but not as visible as a paper dictionary with a series of entries. J.C. Richards (2000) defines mental lexicon as a mental system that contains all the information a person knows about words. According to psychologist, people’s knowledge of a word includes (a) knowing how a word is pronounced; (b) the grammatical patterns with which a word is used; (c) the meaning or meanings of the word. Gui Shichun thinks (2000) the study of mental lexicon mainly concerns how words are stored in one’s memory and how words are connected when they are needed in speech or writing. Gui cites Aitchison to illustrate the difference between mental lexicon and traditional book dictionary. First, mental lexicon is not organized in the same alphabetical order as traditional book dictionary. Second, book dictionary contains a definite number of words and is often leg behind the constant development of language while mental lexicon is not fixed with constant appearance or disappearance of new or old words, new meanings for words and even new pronunciations. Third, a most important one, mental lexicon contains much more information than book dictionary. The domains of mental lexicon Forms and word meanings Both form and meaning play a part in the development of L2 mental lexicon with one of them as the dominant factor at different phases of such a development. It is no doubt that lexical choice and meaning are intimately linked. Grammar and lexicon Collocation Difference between L1 mental lexicon and L2 mental lexicon Mental lexicon develops in a similar way as L1 mental lexicon does, but with its own particularities. The two major differences between the L1 and L2 learners are that L2