The inseparability of lexis and grammar Corpus linguistic perspectives

Annual Review of Cognitive Linguistics

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 140-162

  Römer, Ute ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Apprentice vs. Expert academic writing; Corpus linguistics; Introductory it patterns; Lexis grammar inseparability; Proficiency development

Indexed keywords

EID: 70450033864     PISSN: 15720268     EISSN: 15720276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/arcl.7.06rom     Document Type: Article

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