How do english L1 learners of advanced japanese infer unknown kanji words in authentic texts?

Language Learning

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 109-153

  Kondo Brown, Kimi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

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EID: 33645161029     PISSN: 00238333     EISSN: 14679922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0023-8333.2006.00343.x     Document Type: Article

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