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In:Writing History in Late Modern English: Explorations of the Coruña Corpus
Edited by Isabel Moskowich, Begoña Crespo, Luis Puente-Castelo and Leida Maria Monaco
[Not in series 225] 2019
► pp. 259–276

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Chapter 13
On cognitive complexity in scientific discourse

A corpus-based study on additive coherence relations

 | Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg
Published online: 9 October 2019
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https://doi.org/10.1075/z.225.13vir
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Additive focus operators
  • 3.Additive connectives
  • 4.Methodology
  • 5.Data analysis
    • 5.1Gender
    • 5.2Place of origin
    • 5.3Text types
  • 6.Conclusions and suggestions for further research
  • Acknowledgements
  • Notes
  • References
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