The lexical coverage of movies

Applied Linguistics

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 407-427

  Webb, Stuart ^a   Rodgers, Michael P H ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 70349589704     PISSN: 01426001     EISSN: 1477450X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/applin/amp010     Document Type: Article

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