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Direct linkSong, Seonmi; Kellogg, David – Modern Language Journal, 2011
Vygotsky's work on the acquisition of foreign language words has been criticized for lacking a formal view of language as a system and for taking little interest in questions such as the route and rate of language acquisition. We argue that word meanings really do not constitute a formal system, either in the way they develop, or in the way they…
Descriptors: Language Research, Semantics, Second Language Learning, Vocabulary Development
