Size and strength: Do we need both to measure vocabulary knowledge?

Language Testing

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 202-226

  Laufer, Batia ^a   Elder, Cathie ^b   Hill, Kathryn ^c   Congdon, Peter ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority   (Australia)

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EID: 4544318902     PISSN: 02655322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0265532204lt277oa     Document Type: Article

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