Beyond single words: The most frequent collocations in spoken English

ELT Journal

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 339-348

  Shin, Dongkwang ^a   Nation, Paul ^b  

^a Korean Institute of Curriculum and Evaluation   (South Korea)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

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EID: 52249119159     PISSN: 09510893     EISSN: 14774526     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/elt/ccm091     Document Type: Article

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