Corpus linguistics and grammaticalisation theory: Statistics, frequencies, and beyond

Studies in Corpus Linguistics

Volumn 13, Issue , 2004, Pages 121-150

  Mair, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

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EID: 85105503381     PISSN: 13880373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1075/scl.13.07mai     Document Type: Review

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