RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article T1 Lexical Error Analysis in the Written Production of Students of English as a Second Language: A Pilot Study A1 Sarrionandía Gurtubay, Begoña A2 Ediciones Universidad de Valladolid K1 Filología Inglesa AB This research tries to carry on, by using the model of error analysis (EA), a transversal study of the lexical errors committed by students of English as a Second Language in a written corpus at university level. The main aims are to offer an inventory of lexical errors made by Spanish speaking students of English. Secondly, this study aims at presenting a taxonomy of errors at the lexical level, based on linguistic and descriptive criteria, that is, dealing with one of the linguistic subsystems, the lexical one, and etiological criteria, that is, to describe the cause of error, intralinguistic errors and interlinguistic ones. Besides, this analysis categorizes intralinguistic and interlinguistic lexical errors according to the strategy used by the learner. Interlinguistic errors would be classified in transference of the signifier and transference of the meaning. In the same way, and depending on the strategy used, intralinguistic errors can be categorized into simplification, analogy and linguistic development. Finally, the results will be used to offer a statistical analysis which shows error frequency and, consequently, some conclusions will be extracted. SN 0210-9689 YR 2009 FD 2009 LK http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/17374 UL http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/17374 LA spa NO ES: Revista de filología inglesa, 2009, N.30, pags.129-142 DS UVaDOC RD 25-abr-2024