Learning collocations: Do the number of collocates, position of the node word, and synonymy affect learning?

Applied Linguistics

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 259-276

  Webb, Stuart ^a   Kagimoto, Eve ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b NONE

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EID: 79958835271     PISSN: 01426001     EISSN: 1477450X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/applin/amq051     Document Type: Article

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