Words, frequencies, and texts (particularly Conrad): A stratified approach

Journal of Literary Semantics

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-33

  Moon, Rosamund ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 43249147441     PISSN: 03417638     EISSN: 16133838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JLS.2007.001     Document Type: Review

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