9. The emergence and evolution of the pattern N + PREP + V-ing in historical scientific texts

Gray, Bethany; Biber, Douglas

doi:10.1075/z.173.09gray

In:Astronomy ‘playne and simple’: The writing of science between 1700 and 1900
Edited by Isabel Moskowich and Begoña Crespo
[Not in series 173] 2012
► pp. 181–198

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9. The emergence and evolution of the pattern N + PREP + V-ing in historical scientific texts

Bethany Gray | Northern Arizona University

Douglas Biber | Northern Arizona University

Published online: 4 July 2012

https://doi.org/10.1075/z.173.09gray

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