Establishing the phraseological profile of a text type: The construction of meaning in academic book reviews

English Text Construction

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 95-119

  Römer, Ute ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 79952861900     PISSN: 18748767     EISSN: 18748775     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/etc.3.1.06rom     Document Type: Article

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