Contents // page // Preface vii // Introduction xi // 1 Word lists and learning words: some foundations 1 // 2 Lexis and structure 18 // 3 Developments in the teaching of vocabulary: 1945 to // the present day 39 // 4 New directions in vocabulary studies 60 // Some current trends in vocabulary teaching 62 // James Nattinger // Psycholinguistic considerations in the study of L2 // vocabulary acquisition 83 // Joanna Channel! // Vocabulary and reading 97 // Paul Nation and James Coady // The role of dictionaries in language learning 111 // Della Summers // Stable and creative aspects of vocabulary’ use 126 // A.P. Corvie // A lexical syllabus for language learning 140 // John McH. Sinclair and Antoinette Renouf // Vocabulary, cloze and discourse 161 // Ronald Carter // Some vocabulary- patterns in conversation 181 // Michael McCarthy // 5 Lexis and discourse: vocabulary in use 201 // Bibliography 221 // Index 237