An affix acquisition order for EFL learners: An exploratory study

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Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 291-304

  Mochizuki, Masamichi ^a   Aizawa, Kazumi ^b  

^a REITAKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO DENKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Affix knowledge; Order of acquisition; Vocabulary size

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041703671     PISSN: 0346251X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0346-251X(00)00013-0     Document Type: Article

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