What on earth are collocations?

English Today

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1994, Pages 42-48

  Fontenelle, Thierry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84974028905     PISSN: 02660784     EISSN: 14740567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266078400007902     Document Type: Article

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