Investigating learner vocabulary: A possible approach to looking at EFL/ESL learners' qualitative knowledge of the word

IRAL - International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 171-194

  Liu, Eric T K ^a   Shaw, Philip M ^a  

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EID: 84978375610     PISSN: 0019042X     EISSN: 16134141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/iral.2001.001     Document Type: Article

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