Cognitive correlates of vocabulary growth in English language learners

Applied Psycholinguistics

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 711-738

  Farnia, Fataneh ^a   Geva, Esther ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 82555199846     PISSN: 01427164     EISSN: 14691817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0142716411000038     Document Type: Article

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