RESEARCHING VOCABULARY THROUGH A WORD KNOWLEDGE FRAMEWORK

Studies in Second Language Acquisition

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 17-36

  Schmitt, Norbert ^a   Meara, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85137637497     PISSN: 02722631     EISSN: 14701545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0272263197001022     Document Type: Article

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