Abstract
The lexical inferencing study deals with the way in which informants try to guess the meaning of unfamiliar words placed in a context that is comprehensible to them. The aim is to give a detailed account of an individual’s first or early encounter with a new word. Our definition of lexical inferencing is taken from Haastrup (1991: 13).
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© 2008 Dorte Albrechtsen, Kirsten Haastrup and Birgit Henriksen
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Haastrup, K. (2008). Lexical Inferencing Procedures in Two Languages. In: Vocabulary and Writing in a First and Second Language. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230593404_3
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