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A quantitative approach to investigate collocations in translated texts

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A quantitative approach to investigate collocations in translated texts. / Dayrell, Carmen.
In: International Journal of Corpus Linguistics, Vol. 12, No. 3, 2007, p. 415-444.

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Dayrell, C 2007, 'A quantitative approach to investigate collocations in translated texts', International Journal of Corpus Linguistics, vol. 12, no. 3, pp. 415-444. https://doi.org/10.1075/ijcl.12.3.04day

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Dayrell, C. (2007). A quantitative approach to investigate collocations in translated texts. International Journal of Corpus Linguistics, 12(3), 415-444. https://doi.org/10.1075/ijcl.12.3.04day

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Dayrell C. A quantitative approach to investigate collocations in translated texts. International Journal of Corpus Linguistics. 2007;12(3):415-444. doi: 10.1075/ijcl.12.3.04day

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Dayrell, Carmen. / A quantitative approach to investigate collocations in translated texts. In: International Journal of Corpus Linguistics. 2007 ; Vol. 12, No. 3. pp. 415-444.

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