There is no such thing as a free combination: A usage-based study of specific construals in adverb-adjective combinations

English Language and Linguistics

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 109-132

  Erman, Britt ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 84893799292     PISSN: 13606743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1360674313000294     Document Type: Article

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