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Peer reviewedCarter, Ronald – Applied Linguistics, 1987
Describes a set of criteria for selection of core vocabulary, with examples given from English. Suggests applications for such a vocabulary in grading reading materials and analyzing stylistics. (LMO)
Descriptors: Basic Vocabulary, English, Evaluation Criteria, Language Styles
Peer reviewedHazenberg, Suzanne; Hulstijn, Jan H. – Applied Linguistics, 1996
Investigates how many words of the Dutch language, and which words, an adult nonnative speaker must know receptively in order to understand first-year university reading materials. Assessment of the representativeness of a list of 23,550 words and administration of a 140-item multiple-choice vocabulary test indicated that a minimum of 10,000 base…
Descriptors: Basic Vocabulary, Dictionaries, Dutch, Foreign Countries
