In:Measuring Native-Speaker Vocabulary Size
I.S.P. Nation and Averil Coxhead
[Not in series 233] 2021
► pp. 1–6
Chapter 1Introduction
Published online: 11 February 2021
https://doi.org/10.1075/z.233.c1
https://doi.org/10.1075/z.233.c1
Article outline
- Why test the vocabulary size of native-speakers of English?
- The history of vocabulary size measurement
- How many words does a native-speaker know, how quickly does their vocabulary grow, and what influences this growth?
- What methodological decisions affect these size and rate of growth estimates?
- Increasing vocabulary size
