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The Passive across Two Registers of Present-Day British English: A Corpus-Based Lexico-Grammatical Perspective Cover

The Passive across Two Registers of Present-Day British English: A Corpus-Based Lexico-Grammatical Perspective

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|Nov 2023

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Language: English
Page range: 85 - 107
Published on: Nov 10, 2023
Published by: Sciendo
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
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