This book contains a selection of the papers given at an international conference at the University of Konstanz (Germany) in 1991. All contributions relate to the assumption that lexical knowledge plays a central role in the organization of language, inasmuch as the components or modules of grammar come together and interact in the lexicon. Originating in various traditions of linguistic thought, however, the individual papers reflect differing interests and are based upon different conceptions of the lexicon, its status and interfaces.

Exploring the Second Language Mental Lexicon

Unlike many recent books on L2 vocabulary and processing, this volume does not set out to offer a complex perspective of the L2 lexicon, but rather represents a sustained attempt to come to grips with some very basic questions clustered around the relationship between the L2 mental lexicon and the L1 mental lexicon. It provides a substantial review of L1 and L2 lexical research issues such as similarities and differences between the conditions of L1 and L2 acquisition, the respective roles of form and meaning in L1 and L2 processing, and the degree of separation/integration between L1 and the L2 lexical operations.

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TheCambridge Introduction to Modern British Fiction, 1950--2000

The name that comes most readily to mind in a consideration of the state
and the novel is George Orwell. His two most famous political fables,
Animal Farm: A Fairy Story (1945) and Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949), have
proved hugely significant in the post-war world, influencing many subsequent
literary dystopias, and also supplementing our use of language.
Terms like ‘Big Brother’, ‘doublethink’ and ‘unperson’ from Nineteen Eighty-
Four have become part of the contemporary political lexicon. It is also
possible to see the cautionary note of these novels as establishing a liberal

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The Wine Snob's Dictionary: An Essential Lexicon of Oenological Knowledge

Pages: 144

A nicely structured, lightly acidic addition to the handy Snob’s Dictionary series, decoding the baffling world of winespeak from A to Z.

Studies in the History of the English Language V: Variation and Change in English Grammar and Lexicon: Contemporary Approaches

Twelve articles about contemporary approaches to variation and change in historical English grammar and lexicon, with commentaries and responses by the authors, show the main issues and discussion in the field as traditional methods meet contemporary linguistics.