The study presented in this paper was conducted within the theoretical framework of the
three-dimensional global-trait model of lexical knowledge proposed by [Henrikson, B. 1999.
Three dimensions of vocabulary development. Studies in Second Language Acquisition 21,
pp. 303–317], consisting of breadth, depth, and receptive-productive dimensions. The
experiment empirically tested the practical effectiveness of the framework to account for
differences in the vocabulary knowledge of three groups of participants: NSs of English (n …