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Corpus Linguistics and Clinical Psychology: Investigating 'personification' in first-person accounts of voice-hearing

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Corpus Linguistics and Clinical Psychology: Investigating 'personification' in first-person accounts of voice-hearing. / Collins, Luke; Brezina, Vaclav; Demjén, Zsófia et al.
In: International Journal of Corpus Linguistics, Vol. 28, No. 1, 31.01.2023, p. 28-59.

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Collins, L, Brezina, V, Demjén, Z, Semino, E & Woods, A 2023, 'Corpus Linguistics and Clinical Psychology: Investigating 'personification' in first-person accounts of voice-hearing', International Journal of Corpus Linguistics, vol. 28, no. 1, pp. 28-59. https://doi.org/10.1075/ijcl.21019.col

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Collins, L., Brezina, V., Demjén, Z., Semino, E., & Woods, A. (2023). Corpus Linguistics and Clinical Psychology: Investigating 'personification' in first-person accounts of voice-hearing. International Journal of Corpus Linguistics, 28(1), 28-59. https://doi.org/10.1075/ijcl.21019.col

Vancouver

Collins L, Brezina V, Demjén Z, Semino E, Woods A. Corpus Linguistics and Clinical Psychology: Investigating 'personification' in first-person accounts of voice-hearing. International Journal of Corpus Linguistics. 2023 Jan 31;28(1):28-59. Epub 2022 Apr 29. doi: 10.1075/ijcl.21019.col

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Collins, Luke ; Brezina, Vaclav ; Demjén, Zsófia et al. / Corpus Linguistics and Clinical Psychology : Investigating 'personification' in first-person accounts of voice-hearing. In: International Journal of Corpus Linguistics. 2023 ; Vol. 28, No. 1. pp. 28-59.

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