Knowing the meaning of words is essential if we want to be able to communicate in a language.
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Knowing the meaning of words is essential if we want to be able to communicate in a language.
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People can often give you a definition or explanation for a word (ask anyone to give a definition of “cryptocurrency”!) but, for topics you know well, you will often say “hmmm, well, that’s sorta it but…”. We often hear or read (native speaker) people using words in situations that don’t seem quite right.
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It outlines the various dimensions of word knowledge, categorized into form, meaning, and use, supported by classroom research involving advanced-level students. The findings emphasize the importance of examining collocations and morphological patterns in enhancing vocabulary understanding.
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The aims of this chapter are to examine what could be known about a word, to evaluate the relative importance of the various kinds of knowledge, to see how they are related to each other, and to broadly suggest how learners might gain this knowledge.
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But what does it mean “to know a word”? The continuum on which we can know a word has long been considered. In 1965, Edgar Dale, author of The Living Word Vocabulary and other books on vocabulary development, described four stages of word knowledge development: With this framework in mind, consider the word ineffable.
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So what does it mean to know a word? Here are a few suggestions. a) understanding its basic meaning (denotation) and also any evaluative or associated meaning it has (connotation). For example cottage and hovel are both types of small houses.
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At a fundamental level, knowledge of a word is recognizing it in speech and writing. In other words, being able to identify its form. At a receptive level, this means knowing what the word sounds like and looks like. At a productive level, it means knowing how to pronounce and spell the word.
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There is doubt that learning a new word in English assumes understanding what the word actually means. And of course, you can implement a whole variety of strategies to get to the meaning of the word.
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Here are ten things you should know about a word to be able to understand and use it well. All language skills depend on vocabulary, and proficient users of English have a vocabulary of many thousands of words. Every word has its own characteristics including style, grammar patterns and relationships with other words.
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For form, meaning, and use, Nation (2001) declared there is both a receptive and productive dimension, so knowing these three aspects for each word or phrase actually involves 18 different...
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