Processing Unfamiliar Words: Strategies, Knowledge Sources, and the Relationship to Text and Word Comprehension

Abstract This study examines strategies (inferencing and ignoring) and knowledge sources (semantics, morphology, paralinguistics, etc.) that second language learners of English use to process unfamiliar words in listening comprehension and whether the use of strategies or knowledge sources relate...

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Main Authors: Wei Cai, Benny P.H. Lee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Carleton University 2012-06-01
Series:Canadian Journal of Applied Linguistics
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Online Access:https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/CJAL/article/view/19950