Collocation, semantic prosody, and near synonymy: A cross-linguistic perspective

Applied Linguistics

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 103-129

  Xiao, Richard ^a   McEnery, Tony ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33646906944     PISSN: 01426001     EISSN: 1477450X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/applin/ami045     Document Type: Article

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