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Collocations in context: a new perspective on collocation networks

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Collocations in context: a new perspective on collocation networks. / Brezina, Vaclav; McEnery, Tony; Wattam, Stephen.
In: International Journal of Corpus Linguistics, Vol. 20, No. 2, 2015, p. 139-173.

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Brezina, V, McEnery, T & Wattam, S 2015, 'Collocations in context: a new perspective on collocation networks', International Journal of Corpus Linguistics, vol. 20, no. 2, pp. 139-173. https://doi.org/10.1075/ijcl.20.2.01bre

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Brezina, V., McEnery, T., & Wattam, S. (2015). Collocations in context: a new perspective on collocation networks. International Journal of Corpus Linguistics, 20(2), 139-173. https://doi.org/10.1075/ijcl.20.2.01bre

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Brezina V, McEnery T, Wattam S. Collocations in context: a new perspective on collocation networks. International Journal of Corpus Linguistics. 2015;20(2):139-173. doi: 10.1075/ijcl.20.2.01bre

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Brezina, Vaclav ; McEnery, Tony ; Wattam, Stephen. / Collocations in context : a new perspective on collocation networks. In: International Journal of Corpus Linguistics. 2015 ; Vol. 20, No. 2. pp. 139-173.

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