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Publication details [#56565]

Chan, Alice Y.W. 2012. The Use of a Monolingual Dictionary for Meaning Determination by Advanced Cantonese ESL Learners in Hong Kong. Applied Linguistics 33 (2) : 115–140.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

contextualization | dictionary | meaning | second language acquisition | word choice

Language as a subject

English

Place, Publisher

Oxford University Press

Journal WWW

http://www3.oup.co.uk/applij/contents/

Annotation

This study discusses advanced Cantonese English as a Second Language (ESL) university learners' use of a monolingual dictionary to ascertain the meanings of familiar English words employed in less well-known contexts. The facilitative impact of such a dictionary appears quite restricted.