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Applying Geographical Information Systems to researching historical corpora: Seventeenth-century prostitution

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Applying Geographical Information Systems to researching historical corpora: Seventeenth-century prostitution. / Baker, Helen; Gregory, Ian; Hartmann, Daniel et al.
Corpus Linguistics, Context and Culture. ed. / Viola Wiegand; Michaela Mahlberg. Berlin: De Gruyter, 2019. p. 109-136.

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Baker, H, Gregory, I, Hartmann, D & McEnery, A 2019, Applying Geographical Information Systems to researching historical corpora: Seventeenth-century prostitution. in V Wiegand & M Mahlberg (eds), Corpus Linguistics, Context and Culture. De Gruyter, Berlin, pp. 109-136. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110489071-005

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Baker, H., Gregory, I., Hartmann, D., & McEnery, A. (2019). Applying Geographical Information Systems to researching historical corpora: Seventeenth-century prostitution. In V. Wiegand, & M. Mahlberg (Eds.), Corpus Linguistics, Context and Culture (pp. 109-136). De Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110489071-005

Vancouver

Baker H, Gregory I, Hartmann D, McEnery A. Applying Geographical Information Systems to researching historical corpora: Seventeenth-century prostitution. In Wiegand V, Mahlberg M, editors, Corpus Linguistics, Context and Culture. Berlin: De Gruyter. 2019. p. 109-136 doi: 10.1515/9783110489071-005

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Baker, Helen ; Gregory, Ian ; Hartmann, Daniel et al. / Applying Geographical Information Systems to researching historical corpora : Seventeenth-century prostitution. Corpus Linguistics, Context and Culture. editor / Viola Wiegand ; Michaela Mahlberg. Berlin : De Gruyter, 2019. pp. 109-136

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