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“A geography of names”: A genre analysis of nationality-driven names for venereal disease in seventeenth-century England

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“A geography of names”: A genre analysis of nationality-driven names for venereal disease in seventeenth-century England. / McEnery, T.; Baker, H.
Corpus Pragmatic Studies on the History of Medical Discourse. John Benjamins, 2022. p. 23-48 (Pragmatics and Beyond New Series; Vol. 330).

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McEnery, T & Baker, H 2022, “A geography of names”: A genre analysis of nationality-driven names for venereal disease in seventeenth-century England. in Corpus Pragmatic Studies on the History of Medical Discourse. Pragmatics and Beyond New Series, vol. 330, John Benjamins, pp. 23-48. https://doi.org/10.1075/pbns.330.02mce

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McEnery, T., & Baker, H. (2022). “A geography of names”: A genre analysis of nationality-driven names for venereal disease in seventeenth-century England. In Corpus Pragmatic Studies on the History of Medical Discourse (pp. 23-48). (Pragmatics and Beyond New Series; Vol. 330). John Benjamins. https://doi.org/10.1075/pbns.330.02mce

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McEnery T, Baker H. “A geography of names”: A genre analysis of nationality-driven names for venereal disease in seventeenth-century England. In Corpus Pragmatic Studies on the History of Medical Discourse. John Benjamins. 2022. p. 23-48. (Pragmatics and Beyond New Series). doi: 10.1075/pbns.330.02mce

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McEnery, T. ; Baker, H. / “A geography of names” : A genre analysis of nationality-driven names for venereal disease in seventeenth-century England. Corpus Pragmatic Studies on the History of Medical Discourse. John Benjamins, 2022. pp. 23-48 (Pragmatics and Beyond New Series).

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