Three changing patterns of verb complementation in Late Modern English: A real-time study based on matching text corpora

English Language and Linguistics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 105-131

  Mair, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

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EID: 19844373906     PISSN: 13606743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1360674302001065     Document Type: Article

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