Investigating the viability of a collocation list for students of English for academic purposes

English for Specific Purposes

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 157-169

  Durrant, Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 67549091413     PISSN: 08894906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.esp.2009.02.002     Document Type: Article

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