Gender perspectives on vocabulary in foreign and second languages
By: edited by Rosa María Jiménez Catalán
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Basingstoke [England]; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 269
ISBN-13: 9780230232624
Subjects: Second language acquisition; Word recognition; Usage; Sex differences; English language; Spanish language
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Theorizing gender perspectives in foreign and second language learning / Jane Sunderland; title: More than words : inferential and incorrect units recalled / Cindy Brantmeier; title: Gender and L1 influence on EFL learners' lexicon / Mercedes Díez Prados; title: Exploring the role of gender in lexical creations / María Pilar Agustín Llach; title: Gender and motivation in EFL vocabulary production / Almudena Fernández Fontecha; title: Gender tendencies in EFL across vocabulary tests / Rosa María Jiménez Catalán; title: Boys' and girls' L2 word associations / Soraya Moreno Espinosa; title: A case study of Mrs. Smith's words and her quiet girls / Allyson Jule; title: Gender identity in words for professional titles in textbooks / Mercedes Bengoechea and José Simón; title: Humour, vocabulary, and individuality in an EFL task / Julieta Ojeda Alba; title: Lexical encoding of gender relations and identities / Antonio García Gómez.