List of tables
Table 1.
Input for hierarchical cluster analysis (part of the data).
Table 2.
Cumulative percentage coverage of definitions in learners’ dictionaries by Base Lists
Table 3.
Cumulative percentage coverage of definitions in native-speaker dictionaries by Base Lists
Table 4.
Cumulative percentage coverage of DV lists by Base Lists (affixes excluded).
Table 5.
Overlapping and unique vocabulary items in the early DVs.
Table 6.
Overlapping and unique vocabulary items in the recent DVs.
Table 7.
Overlapping and unique vocabulary items in the
OALD DVs.
Table 8.
Overlapping and unique vocabulary items in the
LDOCE DVs.
Table 9.
Overlapping and unique vocabulary items in the
CALD DVs
Table 10.
Overlapping and unique vocabulary items in the MEDAL DVs
Table 11.
Examples of vocabulary items unique to a particular DV list.
Table 12.
Multiword items in the DVs of the early and recent editions of the dictionaries.
Table 13.
Word-building elements in the DVs.
Table 14.
Headwords selected for the qualitative research.
Table 15.
Students’ familiarity with headwords.
Table 16.
Comprehension scores relative to the approach to defining vocabulary and RVL (total N=215).
Table 17.
Percentages of correct responses.
Table 18.
Students’ familiarity with the words.
Table 19.
The data in comprehension task with invented definitions (total N=215).
Table 20.
Percentages of correct responses.
Table 21.
Percentage of high-frequency and wide-range words, and comprehension of the definitions for headwords 1–10.
Table 22.
Percentage of synonym definitions, definition length, and comprehension of definitions for headwords 1–10.
Table 23.
The data in perception task (N=250).