10.26686/wgtn.12560414.v1 Paul Nation Paul Nation Using dictionaries to estimate vocabulary size: Essential, but rarely followed, procedures Open Access Te Herenga Waka-Victoria University of Wellington 2020 Languages & Linguistics Language, Communication and Culture Education 2020-06-25 02:20:53 Journal contribution https://openaccess.wgtn.ac.nz/articles/journal_contribution/Using_dictionaries_to_estimate_vocabulary_size_Essential_but_rarely_followed_procedures/12560414 This article describes the steps that need to be followed when sampling from a dictionary to make a test of vocabulary size. Because these steps have not been followed, most published estimates of vocabulary size are misleading. © 1993, Sage Publications. All rights reserved.