Receptive and productive vocabulary sizes of L2 learners

Studies in Second Language Acquisition

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 79-95

  Webb, Stuart ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

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EID: 38649116921     PISSN: 02722631     EISSN: 14701545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0272263108080042     Document Type: Article

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