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Measuring emotional temperatures in Shakespeare’s drama

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Measuring emotional temperatures in Shakespeare’s drama. / Culpeper, Jonathan Vaughan; Findlay, Alison Gail; Cortese, Beth et al.
In: English Text Construction, Vol. 11, No. 1, 09.2018, p. 10-37.

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Culpeper, JV, Findlay, AG, Cortese, B & Thelwall, M 2018, 'Measuring emotional temperatures in Shakespeare’s drama', English Text Construction, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 10-37. https://doi.org/10.1075/etc.00002.cul

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Culpeper, J. V., Findlay, A. G., Cortese, B., & Thelwall, M. (2018). Measuring emotional temperatures in Shakespeare’s drama. English Text Construction, 11(1), 10-37. https://doi.org/10.1075/etc.00002.cul

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Culpeper JV, Findlay AG, Cortese B, Thelwall M. Measuring emotional temperatures in Shakespeare’s drama. English Text Construction. 2018 Sept;11(1):10-37. Epub 2018 Aug 27. doi: 10.1075/etc.00002.cul

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Culpeper, Jonathan Vaughan ; Findlay, Alison Gail ; Cortese, Beth et al. / Measuring emotional temperatures in Shakespeare’s drama. In: English Text Construction. 2018 ; Vol. 11, No. 1. pp. 10-37.

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