Gender Perspectives on Vocabulary in Foreign and Second Languages

1. Theorizing Gender Perspectives in Foreign and Second Language Learning
Jane Sunderland

Part I. Gender Tendencies in Lexical Acquisition,Development and Use

2. More Than Words: Inferential and Incorrect Units Recalled
Cindy Brantmeier

3. Gender and L1 Influence on EFL Learners’ Lexicon
Mercedes Diéz Prados

4. Exploring the Role of Gender in Lexical Creations
María Pilar Agustín Llach

5. Gender and Motivation in EFL Vocabulary Production
Almudena Fernández Fontecha

6. Gender Tendencies in EFL across Vocabulary Tests
Rosa María Jiménez Catalán

7. Boys’ and Girls’ L2 Word Associations
Soraya Moreno Espinosa

Part II. Gendered Words:Representation and Identities

8. A Case Study of Mrs Smith’s Words and Her Quiet Girls
Allyson Jule

9. Gender Identity in Words for Professional Titles in Textbooks
Mercedes Bengoechea, José Simón

10. Humour, Vocabulary and Individuality in an EFL Task
Julieta Ojeda Alba

11. Lexical Encoding of Gender Relations and Identities
Antonio García Gómez

Keywords: Education, Language Teaching, Linguistics, general, Sociolinguistics, Applied Linguistics, Gender Studies, Communication Studies