Frequency analysis of the words in the Academic Word List (AWL) and non-AWL content words in applied linguistics research papers

English for Specific Purposes

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 33-41

  Vongpumivitch, Viphavee ^a   Huang, Ju yu ^a   Chang, Yu Chia ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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EID: 58149112861     PISSN: 08894906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.esp.2008.08.003     Document Type: Article

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