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Language, sexuality and corpus linguistics: Concerns and future directions

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Language, sexuality and corpus linguistics: Concerns and future directions. / Baker, John Paul.
In: Journal of Language and Sexuality, Vol. 7, No. 2, 2018, p. 263-279.

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Baker, JP 2018, 'Language, sexuality and corpus linguistics: Concerns and future directions', Journal of Language and Sexuality, vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 263-279. https://doi.org/10.1075/jls.17018.bak

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Baker, J. P. (2018). Language, sexuality and corpus linguistics: Concerns and future directions. Journal of Language and Sexuality, 7(2), 263-279. https://doi.org/10.1075/jls.17018.bak

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Baker JP. Language, sexuality and corpus linguistics: Concerns and future directions. Journal of Language and Sexuality. 2018;7(2):263-279. Epub 2018 Aug 27. doi: 10.1075/jls.17018.bak

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Baker, John Paul. / Language, sexuality and corpus linguistics : Concerns and future directions. In: Journal of Language and Sexuality. 2018 ; Vol. 7, No. 2. pp. 263-279.

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