Bankers and blue-chippers: An account of -er formations in Present-day English

English Language and Linguistics

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 269-297

  Ryder, Mary Ellen ^a  

^a BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 2142758150     PISSN: 13606743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1360674399000246     Document Type: Article

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