The English get-passive in spoken discourse: Description and implications for an interpersonal grammar

English Language and Linguistics

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 41-58

  Carter, Ronald ^a   McCarthy, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0007254422     PISSN: 13606743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S136067439900012X     Document Type: Article

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