Relationship between lexical competence and language proficiency: Variable sensitivity

Studies in Second Language Acquisition

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 567-595

  Zareva, Alla ^a   Schwanenflugel, Paula ^b   Nikolova, Yordanka ^c  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c BURGAS FREE UNIVERSITY   (Bulgaria)

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EID: 33644914691     PISSN: 02722631     EISSN: 14701545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0272263105050254     Document Type: Article

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