Lexical frequency profiles: A monte carlo analysis

Applied Linguistics

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 32-47

  Meara, Paul ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 24144496166     PISSN: 01426001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/applin/amh037     Document Type: Article

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