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Where would general service vocabulary stop and special purposes vocabulary begin?
Abstract
Using frequency, text coverage, and range as criteria, this study looks at the dividing line between a general service vocabulary and a special purposes vocabulary. A general service vocabulary gives a good return for learning up to the 2000 word level and after that a special purposes vocabulary gives a better return for learning effort for those learners going on with special interests. © 1995.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Nation, P., & Kyongho, H.
- Venue
- System
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 1995-02
- Volume
- 23
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 35-41
- ISSN
- 0346-251X (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2086884100
- Cited by
- 206
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 1.48
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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