Validating the construct of word in applied corpus-based vocabulary research: A critical survey

Applied Linguistics

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 241-265

  Gardner, Dee ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1093/applin/amm010     Document Type: Review

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