Form-meaning Mapping in a Second Language  

作　　者：邱磊[1] QIU Lei(Huaiyin Normal University, Huaian 22330, China)

机构地区：[1]淮阴师范学院

出　　处：《海外英语》2019年第6期96-98,共3页Overseas English

摘　　要：The mapping of lexical form to meaning is essential to vocabulary acquisition in a second language. This paper reviews and analyzes the key models which help to reveal the process of adult learners' development of conceptual representation for words in a second language. It concludes that both learners' gradual development of L2 proficiency and the lexical and conceptual features of L2 words affect learners' achievement of direct concept mediation for L2 words.The mapping of lexical form to meaning is essential to vocabulary acquisition in a second language. This paper reviews and analyzes the key models which help to reveal the process of adult learners' development of conceptual representation for words in a second language. It concludes that both learners' gradual development of L2 proficiency and the lexical and conceptual features of L2 words affect learners' achievement of direct concept mediation for L2 words.

关 键 词：form-meaning MAPPING concept MEDIATION VOCABULARY acquisition 

分 类 号：G424[文化科学—课程与教学论]