Keywords that characterise Shakespeare's (anti)heroes and villains

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Keywords that characterise Shakespeare's (anti)heroes and villains. / Archer, D.; Findlay, A.
Voices Past and Present : Studies of Involved, Speech-related and Spoken Texts: In honor of Merja Kytö. ed. / Ewa Jonsson; Tove Larsson. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2020. p. 32-46 (Studies in Corpus Linguistics; Vol. 97).

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Archer, D & Findlay, A 2020, Keywords that characterise Shakespeare's (anti)heroes and villains. in E Jonsson & T Larsson (eds), Voices Past and Present : Studies of Involved, Speech-related and Spoken Texts: In honor of Merja Kytö. Studies in Corpus Linguistics, vol. 97, John Benjamins Publishing Company, Amsterdam, pp. 32-46. https://doi.org/10.1075/scl.97.03arc

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Archer, D., & Findlay, A. (2020). Keywords that characterise Shakespeare's (anti)heroes and villains. In E. Jonsson, & T. Larsson (Eds.), Voices Past and Present : Studies of Involved, Speech-related and Spoken Texts: In honor of Merja Kytö (pp. 32-46). (Studies in Corpus Linguistics; Vol. 97). John Benjamins Publishing Company. https://doi.org/10.1075/scl.97.03arc

Vancouver

Archer D , Findlay A. Keywords that characterise Shakespeare's (anti)heroes and villains. In Jonsson E, Larsson T, editors, Voices Past and Present : Studies of Involved, Speech-related and Spoken Texts: In honor of Merja Kytö. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company. 2020. p. 32-46. (Studies in Corpus Linguistics). doi: 10.1075/scl.97.03arc

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Archer, D. ; Findlay, A. / Keywords that characterise Shakespeare's (anti)heroes and villains. Voices Past and Present : Studies of Involved, Speech-related and Spoken Texts: In honor of Merja Kytö. editor / Ewa Jonsson ; Tove Larsson. Amsterdam : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2020. pp. 32-46 (Studies in Corpus Linguistics).

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