Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgements ix
4. 1 Introduction 1
5. 2 Vocabulary Taught at Upper Secondary School Level, Specialised Uses of Vocabulary and Advanced Vocabulary 13
6. 3 Word Formation: With a Focus on Derivational Suffixation 56
7. 4 Idioms and Proverbs 99
8. 5 Idiomatically Used Prepositions and Multi- Word Verbs 136
9. 6 Polysemous Words, Lexical Fields of Near Synonyms and False Friends 178
10. 7 Inferencing 227
11. 8 Summing Up and Directions for Future Research 247
12. Appendix 1: Tables Discussed in Chapter 3 252
13. Appendix 2: Tables Discussed in Chapter 5 255
14. Appendix 3: Tables Discussed in Chapter 6 257
15. Appendix 4: Tables Discussed in Chapter 7 266
16. References 272
17. Author Index 288
18. Subject Index 293