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Chapter 3: What Does It Mean to “Know” a Word?

Chapter 3: What Does It Mean to “Know” a Word?

pp. 32-74

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, University of Nottingham, , Nottingham Trent University
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Summary

Chapter 3 is the "heart" of the book, describing the various kinds of knowledge a person can have about words and phrases, which informs all the issues in the book. The discussion is framed according to Paul Nation’s "Word Knowledge" approach.

Keywords

  • Developmental Approach
  • Word Knowledge Approach
  • receptive knowledge
  • productive knowledge
  • vocabulary size
  • depth of knowledge
  • meaning
  • form
  • word parts
  • morphology
  • register

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