Using recurrent phrases as text-type discriminators: A quantitative method and some findings

Stubbs, Michael; Barth, Isabel

doi:10.1075/fol.10.1.04stu

Article published In: Functions of Language
Vol. 10:1 (2003) ► pp.61–104

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Using recurrent phrases as text-type discriminators

A quantitative method and some findings

Michael Stubbs | University of Trier, Germany

Isabel Barth | University of Trier, Germany

Published online: 11 December 2003

https://doi.org/10.1075/fol.10.1.04stu

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