10.26686/wgtn.12560399.v1
Paul Nation
Paul
Nation
H Kyongho
H
Kyongho
Where would general service vocabulary stop and special purposes vocabulary begin?
Open Access Te Herenga Waka-Victoria University of Wellington
2020
Languages & Linguistics
Education Systems
2020-06-25 02:15:14
Journal contribution
https://openaccess.wgtn.ac.nz/articles/journal_contribution/Where_would_general_service_vocabulary_stop_and_special_purposes_vocabulary_begin_/12560399
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.