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A corpus-based study of pragmatic markers in London English. / Torgersen, Eivind Nessa; Gabrielatos, Costas; Hoffmann, Sebastian et al.
In: Corpus Linguistics and Linguistic Theory, Vol. 7, No. 1, 05.2011, p. 93-118.

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Torgersen, EN, Gabrielatos, C, Hoffmann, S & Fox, S 2011, 'A corpus-based study of pragmatic markers in London English', Corpus Linguistics and Linguistic Theory, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 93-118. https://doi.org/10.1515/CLLT.2011.005

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Torgersen, E. N., Gabrielatos, C., Hoffmann, S., & Fox, S. (2011). A corpus-based study of pragmatic markers in London English. Corpus Linguistics and Linguistic Theory, 7(1), 93-118. https://doi.org/10.1515/CLLT.2011.005

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Torgersen EN, Gabrielatos C, Hoffmann S, Fox S. A corpus-based study of pragmatic markers in London English. Corpus Linguistics and Linguistic Theory. 2011 May;7(1):93-118. doi: 10.1515/CLLT.2011.005

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Torgersen, Eivind Nessa ; Gabrielatos, Costas ; Hoffmann, Sebastian et al. / A corpus-based study of pragmatic markers in London English. In: Corpus Linguistics and Linguistic Theory. 2011 ; Vol. 7, No. 1. pp. 93-118.

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