Noun phrases in media texts: A quantificational approach

New Media Language

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 159-168

  Ni, Yibin ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

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EID: 84909429830     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203696965     Document Type: Chapter

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