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Supporting the corpus-based study of Shakespeare’s language: Enhancing a corpus of the First Folio

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Supporting the corpus-based study of Shakespeare’s language: Enhancing a corpus of the First Folio. / Culpeper, Jonathan; Hardie, Andrew; Demmen, Jane et al.
In: ICAME Journal, Vol. 45, No. 1, 01.05.2021, p. 37-86.

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Culpeper, J, Hardie, A, Demmen, J, Hughes, J & Timperley, M 2021, 'Supporting the corpus-based study of Shakespeare’s language: Enhancing a corpus of the First Folio', ICAME Journal, vol. 45, no. 1, pp. 37-86. https://doi.org/10.2478/icame-2021-0002

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Culpeper, J., Hardie, A., Demmen, J., Hughes, J., & Timperley, M. (2021). Supporting the corpus-based study of Shakespeare’s language: Enhancing a corpus of the First Folio. ICAME Journal, 45(1), 37-86. https://doi.org/10.2478/icame-2021-0002

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Culpeper J, Hardie A, Demmen J, Hughes J, Timperley M. Supporting the corpus-based study of Shakespeare’s language: Enhancing a corpus of the First Folio. ICAME Journal. 2021 May 1;45(1):37-86. doi: 10.2478/icame-2021-0002

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Culpeper, Jonathan ; Hardie, Andrew ; Demmen, Jane et al. / Supporting the corpus-based study of Shakespeare’s language : Enhancing a corpus of the First Folio. In: ICAME Journal. 2021 ; Vol. 45, No. 1. pp. 37-86.

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