The Role of Dictionary Use in the Comprehension of Idiom Variants /

The Role of Dictionary Use in the Comprehension of Idiom Variants / / Renata Szczepaniak.

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The book takes up the subject of dictionary use from the perspective of advanced learners. The study aims to explore the effects of the use of a monolingual learner’s dictionary on students’ performance in a complex comprehension task, i.e. the task of interpreting fragments with modified idioms, wh...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1
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Szczepaniak, Renata,
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Szczepaniak, Renata,
Place / Publishing House:Tübingen : : Max Niemeyer Verlag, , [2012]
©2006
Year of Publication:2012
Language:English
Series:Lexicographica. Series Maior : Supplementbände zum Internationalen Jahrbuch für Lexikographie , 131
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Physical Description:1 online resource (158 p.) :; Num. figs.
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Table of Contents:
  • i-iv
  • Table of Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • 1. Receptive Dictionary Use: Research Background
  • 2. Influence of L1 Reading Research on Instruction in L2 Reading and Dictionary Use
  • 3. Creative Use of Idioms – a Stumbling Block to L2 Reading
  • 4. The Monolingual Learner’s Dictionary as an Aid to Coping with Idiom Variation
  • 5. The experiment
  • Conclusions and implications for further research
  • References
  • Appendices

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