From 'quickly' to 'fairly': On the history of rather

English Language and Linguistics

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 345-359

  Rissanen, Matti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

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EID: 61449236446     PISSN: 13606743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1360674308002657     Document Type: Article

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