James Milton is Professor of Applied Linguistics at Swansea University UK. A long-term interest in measuring lexical breadth and establishing normative data for learning and progress has led to extensive publications including Modelling and Assessing Vocabulary Knowledge (CUP, 2007, with Michael Daller and Jeanine Treffers-Daller) and Measuring Second Language Vocabulary Acquisition (Multilingual Matters, 2009).Tess Fitzpatrick is Professor of Applied Linguistics at Cardiff University, UK. Her research interests include vocabulary acquisition, storage and retrieval, with a focus on word association studies and vocabulary measurement tools. An experienced EFL teacher, she has also worked on projects exploring extreme language-learning methodologies. Her publications include Lexical Processing in Second Language Learners (Multilingual Matters, 2009, co-editor Andy Barfield).

'A comprehensive and interesting new work on vocabulary acquisition. It systematically tackles all the central components of vocabulary knowledge, and explores original new empirical studies for each dimension of vocabulary.' Birgit Henriksen, University of Copenhagen, Denmark 'An excellent introduction to contemporary research on vocabulary knowledge. The wide range of topics covered by the various contributors does full justice to the complexity of this important area. This is an excellent resource for students and researchers starting out in this field.' Philip Durrant, University of Exeter, UK

• Preface1. Introduction: Deconstructing Vocabulary Knowledge; James Milton and Tess Fitzpatrick2. Knowledge of Spoken Form; James Milton, Thoma? Alexiou and Marina Mattheoudakis3. Knowledge of Written Form; Imma Miralpeix and Paul Meara4. Knowledge of Word Parts; Katja Mantyla and Ari Huhta5. Knowledge of Form and Meaning; María Pilar Agustín Llach and Soraya Moreno Espinosa6. Knowledge of Concepts and Referents; Parto Pajoohesh7. Knowledge of Word Association; Tess Fitzpatrick and Ian Munby8. Knowledge of Grammatical Use; Jeanine Treffers-Daller and Vivienne Rogers9. Knowledge of Collocations; Dale Brown10. Knowledge of Constraints on Use; Clarissa Wilks11. Confidence in Word Knowledge; Jim Ronald and Tadamitsu Kamimoto12. Conclusion: Reconstructing Vocabulary Knowledge; Tess Fitzpatrick and James MiltonAppendicesGlossaryReferencesIndex.