Deriving the meaning of unknown words from multiple contexts

Language Learning

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 145-181

  Van Daalen Kapteijns, Maartje ^a   Elshout Mohr, Marianne ^a   De Glopper, Kees ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0035579441     PISSN: 00238333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0023-8333.00150     Document Type: Article

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