Lexical patterns in L2 textual gist identification assessment

Language Testing

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 101-122

  Yamada, Kyoko ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Coherence; Gist; Pragmatics; Reading; Referential; Signs; Strategies; Synonym

Indexed keywords

EID: 68049140654     PISSN: 02655322     EISSN: 14770946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265532208097338     Document Type: Article

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