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Thumb, Jenny. 2004. Dictionary Look-up Strategies and the Bilingualised Learner's Dictionary. A Think-aloud Study. (Lexicographica. Series Maior / Supplementbände zum Internationalen Jahrbuch für Lexikographie 117). De Gruyter. XII+127 pp.

Publication type

Book – monograph

Publication language

English

Keywords

bilingual acquisition | dictionary | language preference | language proficiency | learning strategy

Annotation

On the basis of a coding scheme of executive, cognitive and metacognitive operations, derived from think-aloud data, this study distinguishes 7 dictionary look-up strategy types: Assuming, Minimizing, Maximizing, Ignoring, Checking, Paraphrasing and Stretching.