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Publication details [#27074]

Hulstijn, Jan and Suzanne Hazenberg. 1996. Defining a minimal receptive second-language vocabulary for non-native university students: An empirical investigation. Applied Linguistics 17 (2) : 146–163.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

corpus analysis | native vs. non-native interaction | second language acquisition | university | vocabulary growth

Place, Publisher

Oxford University Press

ISBN

0142-6001

Journal WWW

http://www3.oup.co.uk/applij/contents/

Annotation

This paper examines the minimal vocabulary size required for Dutch university studies. According to the test scores an average of 10.000 base words will suffice.