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Expressions of gratitude in corpus and DCT data : vocabulary, formulaic sequences, and pedagogy.

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Expressions of gratitude in corpus and DCT data : vocabulary, formulaic sequences, and pedagogy. / Schauer, Gila; Adolphs, Svenja.
In: System, Vol. 34, No. 1, 2006, p. 119-134.

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Schauer, G & Adolphs, S 2006, 'Expressions of gratitude in corpus and DCT data : vocabulary, formulaic sequences, and pedagogy.', System, vol. 34, no. 1, pp. 119-134. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.system.2005.09.003

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Schauer, G., & Adolphs, S. (2006). Expressions of gratitude in corpus and DCT data : vocabulary, formulaic sequences, and pedagogy. System, 34(1), 119-134. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.system.2005.09.003

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Schauer G, Adolphs S. Expressions of gratitude in corpus and DCT data : vocabulary, formulaic sequences, and pedagogy. System. 2006;34(1):119-134. doi: 10.1016/j.system.2005.09.003

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Schauer, Gila ; Adolphs, Svenja. / Expressions of gratitude in corpus and DCT data : vocabulary, formulaic sequences, and pedagogy. In: System. 2006 ; Vol. 34, No. 1. pp. 119-134.

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