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Corpora and (the need for) other methods in a study of Lancashire dialect. / Hollmann, Willem B.; Siewierska, Anna.
In: Zeitschrift für Anglistik und Amerikanistik, Vol. 54, No. 2, 2006, p. 203-216.

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Hollmann, WB & Siewierska, A 2006, 'Corpora and (the need for) other methods in a study of Lancashire dialect.', Zeitschrift für Anglistik und Amerikanistik, vol. 54, no. 2, pp. 203-216.

APA

Hollmann, W. B., & Siewierska, A. (2006). Corpora and (the need for) other methods in a study of Lancashire dialect. Zeitschrift für Anglistik und Amerikanistik, 54(2), 203-216.

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Hollmann WB, Siewierska A. Corpora and (the need for) other methods in a study of Lancashire dialect. Zeitschrift für Anglistik und Amerikanistik. 2006;54(2):203-216.

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Hollmann, Willem B. ; Siewierska, Anna. / Corpora and (the need for) other methods in a study of Lancashire dialect. In: Zeitschrift für Anglistik und Amerikanistik. 2006 ; Vol. 54, No. 2. pp. 203-216.

Bibtex

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