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Corpus-based approaches. / Subtirelu, Nicolas; Baker, Paul.
The Routledge Handbook of Critical Discourse Studies. ed. / John Flowerdew; John Richardson. London: Routledge, 2017. p. 106-119 (Routledge Handbooks in Applied Linguistics).

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Subtirelu, N & Baker, P 2017, Corpus-based approaches. in J Flowerdew & J Richardson (eds), The Routledge Handbook of Critical Discourse Studies. Routledge Handbooks in Applied Linguistics, Routledge, London, pp. 106-119. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315739342

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Subtirelu, N., & Baker, P. (2017). Corpus-based approaches. In J. Flowerdew, & J. Richardson (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Critical Discourse Studies (pp. 106-119). (Routledge Handbooks in Applied Linguistics). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315739342

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Subtirelu N, Baker P. Corpus-based approaches. In Flowerdew J, Richardson J, editors, The Routledge Handbook of Critical Discourse Studies. London: Routledge. 2017. p. 106-119. (Routledge Handbooks in Applied Linguistics). doi: 10.4324/9781315739342

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Subtirelu, Nicolas ; Baker, Paul. / Corpus-based approaches. The Routledge Handbook of Critical Discourse Studies. editor / John Flowerdew ; John Richardson. London : Routledge, 2017. pp. 106-119 (Routledge Handbooks in Applied Linguistics).

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