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Vocabulary Knowledge

Vocabulary Knowledge is a linguistic competence that constitutes the breadth and depth of a learner’s understanding of word meanings, forms, and functions, distinguishing it from other language proficiencies by its focus on lexical acquisition and retrieval in both receptive and productive language use.

2.5K

Publications

183.7K

Citations

3.8K

Authors

1.3K

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

720

Variants

Lexical Knowledge

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Publications

2.5K

A solution to Plato's problem: The latent semantic analysis theory of acquisition, induction, and representation of knowledge.

Thomas K. Landauer, Susan Dumais · Psychological Review · 1997 · 6.1K citations

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Culture, Communication, and Cognition: Vygotskian Perspectives.

C. R. Hallpike, James V. Wertsch · Man · 1987 · 2.2K citations

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Teaching and learning vocabulary

Paul Nation · System · 1994 · 1.7K citations

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Teaching and Learning Vocabulary

Rachel Gader, Linda Taylor · TESOL Quarterly · 1991 · 1.5K citations

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Vocabulary in Language Teaching

Laura L. Meyer, Norbert Schmitt · TESOL Quarterly · 2002 · 1.4K citations

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Authors

3.8K

  1. SW
    Stuart Webb

    Western University, Canada

    40 publications · 6.5K citations

    34

    h-index

  2. PN
    Paul Nation

    Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand

    32 publications · 7.2K citations

    26

    h-index

  3. BL
    Batia Laufer

    University of Haifa, Israel

    27 publications · 5.3K citations

    25

    h-index

  4. NS
    Norbert Schmitt

    University of Nottingham, United Kingdom

    26 publications · 8.1K citations

    24

    h-index

  5. MF
    Mark Feng Teng

    Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong SAR China

    23 publications · 905 citations

    18

    h-index

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Institutions

1.3K

  1. Victoria University of Wellington

    Wellington, New Zealand

    43 h-index

    75 publications

    11.2K citations

  2. Western University

    London, Canada

    33 h-index

    58 publications

    6K citations

  3. University of Nottingham

    Nottingham, United Kingdom

    27 h-index

    34 publications

    9.7K citations

  4. University of Haifa

    Haifa, Israel

    22 h-index

    38 publications

    7.2K citations

  5. Swansea University

    Swansea, United Kingdom

    19 h-index

    30 publications

    2.7K citations

  6. University of Pittsburgh

    Pittsburgh, United States

    17 h-index

    31 publications

    4.6K citations

  7. Florida State University

    Tallahassee, United States

    17 h-index

    39 publications

    2.7K citations

  8. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    17 h-index

    29 publications

    3.9K citations

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Venues

  1. System

    65 publications · 7.1K citations

    36

    h-index

  2. Language Teaching Research

    LTR · 43 publications · 4.7K citations

    33

    h-index

  3. Modern Language Journal

    MLJ · 43 publications · 6.6K citations

    31

    h-index

  4. Studies in Second Language Acquisition

    SSLA · 40 publications · 6.9K citations

    31

    h-index

  5. TESOL Quarterly

    35 publications · 8.9K citations

    30

    h-index

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