How large a vocabulary is needed for reading and listening?

Canadian Modern Language Review

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 59-82

  Nation, I S P ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

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EID: 33845781032     PISSN: 00084506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/cmlr.63.1.59     Document Type: Article

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