Coming to Grips with Lexical Richness in Spontaneous Speech Data.

Vermeer, Anne

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ERIC Number: EJ601573

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 2000

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Coming to Grips with Lexical Richness in Spontaneous Speech Data.

Vermeer, Anne

Language Testing, v17 n1 p65-83 Jan 2000

Discusses the reliability and validity of different measures of lexical richness in various language data research and computer simulations, and examines the behavior of these measures in spontaneous speech data of first language and second language children learning Dutch, aged 4 to 7, compared with their lexical abilities as measured by tests. (Author/VWL)

Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Dutch, Grade 1, Kindergarten, Language Acquisition, Language Proficiency, Measures (Individuals), Primary Education, Second Language Learning, Speech Communication, Test Reliability, Test Validity, Testing

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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