CHAPTER 1INTRODUCTION
1.1Introduction
1.2The memory issue
1.3The competition issue
1.4The L1 lexicon vs. the L2 lexicon
CHAPTER 2THE EFFECT OF MERE FAMILIARIZATION
2.1Rationale
2.2General method
2.3Experiment 1: Mere familiarization and PLE
2.4Experiment 2: Mere familiarization and masked
repetition priming
2.5Interim conclusion
CHAPTER 3THE EFFECTS OF REAL ACQUISITION
3.1Description of the training
3.2Experiment 3: One session of learning and PLE
3.3Experiment 4: One session of learning and visible PLE
3.4Experiment 5: Multiple sessions of learning and PLE
3.5Experiment 5B
3.6General discussion
CHAPTER 4TESTING CHINESE-ENGLISH BILINGUAL
4.1The separate vs. integrated view of the bilingual lexicon
4.2Episodic nature of L2 lexical representation
4.3A developmental view of the bilingual lexicon
4.4Experiment 6: Bilingual speakers learn L2 new words
CHAPTER 5GENERAL DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS
5.1The representation of the newly learned words
5.2What is the effect of mere familiarization
5.3What does a single session of real learning achieve
5.4The effect of multiple sessions of learning
5.5What are the possible interpretations of PLE
5.6Future directions
APPENDIX
APPENDIX AITEMS IN EXPERIMENT 1
APPENDIX BITEMS IN EXPERIMENT 2
APPENDIX CTHE NOVEL WORD LIST
APPENDIX DEXAMPLE SCREENS FOR LEARNING
APPENDIX EITEMS IN EXPERIMENTS 3, 5 AND 6
APPENDIX FITEMS IN EXPERIMENT4