Investigating accommodation in language proficiency interviews using a new measure of lexical diversity

Language Testing

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 85-104

  Malvern, David ^a   Richards, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84990317763     PISSN: 02655322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0265532202lt221oa     Document Type: Article

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