A Corpus-Driven Approach to Grammar — Principles, Methods and Examples

Francis, Gill

doi:10.1075/z.64.10fra

In:Text and Technology: In honour of John Sinclair
Edited by Mona Baker, Gill Francis and Elena Tognini-Bonelli
[Not in series 64] 1993
► pp. 137–156

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A Corpus-Driven Approach to Grammar — Principles, Methods and Examples

Gill Francis

Published online: 1 June 1993

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