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Vol. 6:2 (2001) ► pp.339–359

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D. Biber, S. Johansson, G. Leech, S. Conrad & E. Finegan. The Longman Grammar of Spoken and Written English. London: Pearson Education, 1999. xxviii pp. 1204 pp.

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