A semantic network approach to second language vocabulary learning and its implementation in a computerized lexical database

This dissertation proposes a semantic network approach to second language vocabulary learning, and discusses its implementation in a computerized lexical database. A semantic network approach to vocabulary learning incorporates semantic fields theory and frame or schema theory into the representation of vocabulary. The approach posits that new words be represented within their network of semantic and thematic relations in a network structure that reflects the associative nature of the mental lexicon and the relationships among various semantic and thematic relations within the semantic network. The issues covered include: the representation of a semantic network, the presentational structure, the components of the semantic network for words of different grammatical categories, the number of words in the presentation, the selection and ordering of words in the presentation, the use of visual aids and the role of concordance. An actual program, CONCEPT, is constructed to illustrate the implementation of a semantic network approach to second language vocabulary learning in a computerized lexical database.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Linguistics

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2011

Author dc:creator

• Johnson, Feng-Ling Margaret

Contributors dc:contributor

• Cheng, Chin-Chuan

• Education, Language and Literature
• Education, Bilingual and Multicultural
• Language, Linguistics

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 1995 Johnson, Feng-Ling Margaret

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

AAI9624374
(UMI)AAI9624374

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/20239