A typology of English texts

Linguistics

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1989, Pages 3-44

  Biber, Douglas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84955818846     PISSN: 00243949     EISSN: 1613396X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/ling.1989.27.1.3     Document Type: Article

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