Lexical Inferencing in a First and Second Language - Wesche, Marjorie Bingham a Paribakht, T. Sima

Lexical inferencing is a central process in both reading comprehension and word learning through reading. This volume presents a comprehensive review of second language lexical inferencing and a major new study of first and second language lexical inferencing by speakers of Persian, French and English, focusing on first language transfer effects.