“For students of second-language learning, here is a book that will broaden perspectives and give new insights. Reporting on a number of original studies, whose focus is Hungarian and Slavic learners, it spans a wide range of topics, from the nature of the bilingual mental lexicon to the processes involved in accessing l 2 lexis. Essential for anyone interested in how we learn, store, access and use vocabulary in a second language.”Professor Howard Jackson, UCE Birmingham, UK”Second language acquisition is getting over from the “art side” to the “science side”. The present volume belongs to a new sphere of experimental linguistics: it is half-way between pure psycholinguistics and applied linguistics. This has been demonstrated by nine research papers focussing on the lexicon in SLA. Authors investigate these issues in East Central Europe (with a state of art paper written by an Irish expert) keeping in mind the geographical and historical features of their countries: Hungary, Croatia, and Poland.”

– Professor Szepe Gyorgy, University of Pecs, Hungary.