The conception of constructions as complex signs: Emergence of structure and reduction to usage

Constructions and Frames

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 119-152

  Verhagen, Arie ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 77950747408     PISSN: 18761933     EISSN: 18761941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/cf.1.1.06ver     Document Type: Article

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