Becoming a proficient academic writer: Shifting lexical preferences in the use of the progressive

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Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 115-133

  Wulff, Stefanie ^a   Römer, Ute ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 85044902528     PISSN: 17495032     EISSN: 17551676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3366/E1749503209000276     Document Type: Article

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