Conrad in the computer: Examples of quantitative stylistic methods

Language and Literature

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 5-24

  Stubbs, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conrad, Joseph; Corpus stylistics; Intertext; Phraseology; Quantitative methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750115483     PISSN: 09639470     EISSN: 14617293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963947005048873     Document Type: Article

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