Word-specific and word-general knowledge in L2 Chinese lexical inference: An exploration of word learning strategies

Drawing on Kieffer and Lesaux’s (2012) categorization of word knowledge, the current study explored word-specific and word-general knowledge in second language (L2) Chinese lexical inferencing ability. L2 Chinese study-abroad students (N = 228) participated in the study and completed a series of word-specific (morpheme recognition and morpheme discrimination) and word-general (character knowledge and definitional knowledge) measurements. The...