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Aspect Marking in English and Chinese: Using the Lancaster Corpus of Mandarin Chinese for Contrastive Language Study.

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Aspect Marking in English and Chinese: Using the Lancaster Corpus of Mandarin Chinese for Contrastive Language Study. / McEnery, A. M.; Xiao, R. Z.; Mo, L.
In: Literary and Linguistic Computing, Vol. 18, No. 4, 11.2003, p. 361-378.

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McEnery, AM, Xiao, RZ & Mo, L 2003, 'Aspect Marking in English and Chinese: Using the Lancaster Corpus of Mandarin Chinese for Contrastive Language Study.', Literary and Linguistic Computing, vol. 18, no. 4, pp. 361-378. https://doi.org/10.1093/llc/18.4.361

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McEnery, A. M., Xiao, R. Z., & Mo, L. (2003). Aspect Marking in English and Chinese: Using the Lancaster Corpus of Mandarin Chinese for Contrastive Language Study. Literary and Linguistic Computing, 18(4), 361-378. https://doi.org/10.1093/llc/18.4.361

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McEnery AM, Xiao RZ, Mo L. Aspect Marking in English and Chinese: Using the Lancaster Corpus of Mandarin Chinese for Contrastive Language Study. Literary and Linguistic Computing. 2003 Nov;18(4):361-378. doi: 10.1093/llc/18.4.361

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McEnery, A. M. ; Xiao, R. Z. ; Mo, L. / Aspect Marking in English and Chinese: Using the Lancaster Corpus of Mandarin Chinese for Contrastive Language Study. In: Literary and Linguistic Computing. 2003 ; Vol. 18, No. 4. pp. 361-378.

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