CONTENTS
Acknowledgment
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Introduction
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Early acquisition of word-formation devices in L1 & L2
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Advanced acquisition of word-formation devices in L1
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Advanced acquisition of word-formation devices in L2
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Implications for Teaching
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Conclusion
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Bibliography
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT
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Acquisition of Word Formation Devices in L1 & L2
Non-FictionEarly school age English children acquire over 3000 words a year. The main factors which account for such rapid vocabulary growth are context and word-formation knowledge. Such vocabulary growth is also of great interest in the L2 acquisition. Using...
