Configurations, construals and change: Expressions of DEGREE

English Language and Linguistics

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 317-343

  Paradis, Carita ^a  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 45849102453     PISSN: 13606743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1360674308002645     Document Type: Article

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