THE EFFECT of EXPOSURE FREQUENCY on INTERMEDIATE LANGUAGE LEARNERS' INCIDENTAL VOCABULARY ACQUISITION and RETENTION THROUGH READING

Studies in Second Language Acquisition

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 589-619

  Rott, Susanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 84937180176     PISSN: 02722631     EISSN: 14701545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0272263199004039     Document Type: Article

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