On The Role of The Mother Tongue in Learning Foreign Language Vocabulary: An Empirical Investigation

Oskarsson, Mats

doi:10.1075/itl.27.03osk

Article published In: ITL - International Journal of Applied Linguistics
Vol. 27 (1975) ► pp.19–32

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On The Role of The Mother Tongue in Learning Foreign Language Vocabulary

An Empirical Investigation

Mats Oskarsson | University of Gothenburg Sweden

Published online: 1 January 1975

https://doi.org/10.1075/itl.27.03osk

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