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Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-11-01 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2005-08-02 - Publisher: Routledge
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Language: en
Pages: 213
Pages: 213
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-09-15 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Students often struggle to understand linguistic concepts through examples of language data provided in class or in texts. Presented with ambiguous information,
Language: en
Pages: 198
Pages: 198
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-01-14 - Publisher: Routledge
The broad aim of this lively and engaging book is to examine relationships between the linguistic patterns, the stylistic functions, and the social and cultural
Language: en
Pages: 556
Pages: 556
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-02-17 - Publisher: Taylor & Francis
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