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If-conditionals as modal colligations: A corpus-based investigation. / Gabrielatos, Costas.
Proceedings of the Corpus Linguistics Conference: Corpus Linguistics 2007. ed. / M Davies; P Rayson; S Hunston; P Danielsson. Birmingham, UK: University of Birmingham, 2007. p. 1-20.

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Gabrielatos, C 2007, If-conditionals as modal colligations: A corpus-based investigation. in M Davies, P Rayson, S Hunston & P Danielsson (eds), Proceedings of the Corpus Linguistics Conference: Corpus Linguistics 2007. University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK, pp. 1-20. <http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/documents/college-artslaw/corpus/conference-archives/2007/256Paper.pdf>

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Gabrielatos, C. (2007). If-conditionals as modal colligations: A corpus-based investigation. In M. Davies, P. Rayson, S. Hunston, & P. Danielsson (Eds.), Proceedings of the Corpus Linguistics Conference: Corpus Linguistics 2007 (pp. 1-20). University of Birmingham. http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/documents/college-artslaw/corpus/conference-archives/2007/256Paper.pdf

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Gabrielatos C. If-conditionals as modal colligations: A corpus-based investigation. In Davies M, Rayson P, Hunston S, Danielsson P, editors, Proceedings of the Corpus Linguistics Conference: Corpus Linguistics 2007. Birmingham, UK: University of Birmingham. 2007. p. 1-20

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Gabrielatos, Costas. / If-conditionals as modal colligations: A corpus-based investigation. Proceedings of the Corpus Linguistics Conference: Corpus Linguistics 2007. editor / M Davies ; P Rayson ; S Hunston ; P Danielsson. Birmingham, UK : University of Birmingham, 2007. pp. 1-20

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