Vocabulary : applied linguistic perspectives /
Ronald Carter.
- Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : by Routledge, c2012.
- xii, 305 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Routledge linguistics classics .
.Previously pub.: 1998
Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-298) and index.
What's in a word -- The notion of core vocabulary -- Words and patterns -- Lexis and discourse -- Lexis and literary stylistics -- Lexis and lexicography -- Learning and teaching vocabulary -- Case study : lexis, tones and ironies -- Case study : .style, lexis and the dictionary