文档介绍:Language and the Lexicon
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LANGUAGE AND THE
LEXICON
An Introduction
DAVID SINGLETON
Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics
Trinity College Dublin
A member of the Hodder Headline Group
LONDON
Co-published in the United States of America by
Oxford University Press Inc., New York
First published in Great Britain in 2000 by
Arnold, a member of the Hodder Headline Group,
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© 2000 David Singleton
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