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Analysing Keyword Lists. / Rayson, Paul; Potts, Amanda.
A Practical Handbook of Corpus Linguistics. ed. / Magali Paquot; Stefan Gries. Cham: Springer, 2021. p. 119-139.

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Rayson, P & Potts, A 2021, Analysing Keyword Lists. in M Paquot & S Gries (eds), A Practical Handbook of Corpus Linguistics. Springer, Cham, pp. 119-139. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-46216-1_6

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Rayson, P., & Potts, A. (2021). Analysing Keyword Lists. In M. Paquot, & S. Gries (Eds.), A Practical Handbook of Corpus Linguistics (pp. 119-139). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-46216-1_6

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Rayson P, Potts A. Analysing Keyword Lists. In Paquot M, Gries S, editors, A Practical Handbook of Corpus Linguistics. Cham: Springer. 2021. p. 119-139 doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-46216-1_6

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Rayson, Paul ; Potts, Amanda. / Analysing Keyword Lists. A Practical Handbook of Corpus Linguistics. editor / Magali Paquot ; Stefan Gries. Cham : Springer, 2021. pp. 119-139

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