Lexical Diversity and Language Development: Quantification and Assessment

Vocabulary richness, including lexical diversity and use of rare words, has an important role in assessing proficiency, diagnosing progress and testing theory in the study of language development. This book reviews different methods for quantifying how vocabulary is deployed in spontaneous speech and writing, before introducing an alternative approach which can assess overall lexical diversity, measure morphology development and compare the development of different word classes. The new approach is illustrated by its application to first and second language learners.Additional ISBNs9781403902320Lexical Diversity and Language Development: Quantification and Assessment is written by D. Malvern; B. Richards; N. Chipere; P. Durán and published by Palgrave Macmillan. ISBNs for Lexical Diversity and Language Development are 9780230511804, 0230511805 and the print ISBNs are 9781403902313, 1403902313. Additional ISBNs include 9781403902320.