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Domains, text types, aspect marking and English-Chinese translation. / McEnery, A. M.; Xiao, R. Z.
In: Languages in Contrast, Vol. 2, No. 2, 03.2002, p. 211-229.

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McEnery, AM & Xiao, RZ 2002, 'Domains, text types, aspect marking and English-Chinese translation.', Languages in Contrast, vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 211-229. https://doi.org/10.1075/lic.2.2.05mce

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McEnery, A. M., & Xiao, R. Z. (2002). Domains, text types, aspect marking and English-Chinese translation. Languages in Contrast, 2(2), 211-229. https://doi.org/10.1075/lic.2.2.05mce

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McEnery AM, Xiao RZ. Domains, text types, aspect marking and English-Chinese translation. Languages in Contrast. 2002 Mar;2(2):211-229. doi: 10.1075/lic.2.2.05mce

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McEnery, A. M. ; Xiao, R. Z. / Domains, text types, aspect marking and English-Chinese translation. In: Languages in Contrast. 2002 ; Vol. 2, No. 2. pp. 211-229.

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