A functional lexicogrammar of adjectives

Functions of Language

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 215-250

  Tucker, Gordon H ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84989388372     PISSN: 0929998X     EISSN: 15699765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/fol.4.2.04tuc     Document Type: Article

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