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VARD2: a tool for dealing with spelling variation in historical corpora

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VARD2: a tool for dealing with spelling variation in historical corpora. / Baron, Alistair; Rayson, Paul.
2008. Paper presented at Postgraduate Conference in Corpus Linguistics, Aston University, Birmingham.

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Baron, A & Rayson, P 2008, 'VARD2: a tool for dealing with spelling variation in historical corpora', Paper presented at Postgraduate Conference in Corpus Linguistics, Aston University, Birmingham, 22/05/08. <http://acorn.aston.ac.uk/conf_proceedings.html>

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Baron, A., & Rayson, P. (2008). VARD2: a tool for dealing with spelling variation in historical corpora. Paper presented at Postgraduate Conference in Corpus Linguistics, Aston University, Birmingham. http://acorn.aston.ac.uk/conf_proceedings.html

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Baron A, Rayson P. VARD2: a tool for dealing with spelling variation in historical corpora. 2008. Paper presented at Postgraduate Conference in Corpus Linguistics, Aston University, Birmingham.

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Baron, Alistair ; Rayson, Paul. / VARD2 : a tool for dealing with spelling variation in historical corpora. Paper presented at Postgraduate Conference in Corpus Linguistics, Aston University, Birmingham.15 p.

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