Extending the mental lexicon

Seminar paper from the year 2009 in the subject English - Pedagogy, Didactics, Literature Studies, grade: 1,3, University of Hildesheim (English Department), course: Mental Lexicon, language: English, abstract: How does the L2 (second language) mental lexicon differ from the L1 (first language) mental lexicon? Are they differently structured and if so, with what means can that difference be empirically proven? In this paper, the above-mentioned questions will be examined with the focus on the expansion of the L2 mental lexicon and the connection among words.