The contingent meaning of -ex brand names in English

Corpora

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 217-250

  Stvan, Laurel Smith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 85126472530     PISSN: 17495032     EISSN: 17551676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3366/cor.2006.1.2.217     Document Type: Article

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