Towards a corpus-based identification of prototypical instances of constructions

Gries, Stefan Th.

doi:10.1075/arcl.1.02gri

Article published In: Annual Review of Cognitive Linguistics: Volume 1
Edited by Francisco José Ruiz de Mendoza Ibáñez
[Annual Review of Cognitive Linguistics 1] 2003
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Towards a corpus-based identification of prototypical instances of constructions

Stefan Th. Gries

Published online: 11 November 2003

https://doi.org/10.1075/arcl.1.02gri

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