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Translation and contrastive linguistic studies at the interface of English and Chinese: significance and implications

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Translation and contrastive linguistic studies at the interface of English and Chinese: significance and implications. / Xiao, Richard; Wei, Naixing.
In: Corpus Linguistics and Linguistic Theory, Vol. 10, No. 1, 05.2014, p. 1-10.

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Xiao, R & Wei, N 2014, 'Translation and contrastive linguistic studies at the interface of English and Chinese: significance and implications', Corpus Linguistics and Linguistic Theory, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1515/cllt-2013-0015

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Xiao, R., & Wei, N. (2014). Translation and contrastive linguistic studies at the interface of English and Chinese: significance and implications. Corpus Linguistics and Linguistic Theory, 10(1), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1515/cllt-2013-0015

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Xiao R, Wei N. Translation and contrastive linguistic studies at the interface of English and Chinese: significance and implications. Corpus Linguistics and Linguistic Theory. 2014 May;10(1):1-10. Epub 2013 Jun 27. doi: 10.1515/cllt-2013-0015

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Xiao, Richard ; Wei, Naixing. / Translation and contrastive linguistic studies at the interface of English and Chinese : significance and implications. In: Corpus Linguistics and Linguistic Theory. 2014 ; Vol. 10, No. 1. pp. 1-10.

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