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Word frequencies in written and spoken English: based on the British National Corpus. / Leech, Geoffrey; Rayson, P.; Wilson, A.
London: Longman, 2001. 304 p.

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Leech, G, Rayson, P & Wilson, A 2001, Word frequencies in written and spoken English: based on the British National Corpus. Longman, London. <http://ucrel.lancs.ac.uk/bncfreq/>

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Leech, G., Rayson, P., & Wilson, A. (2001). Word frequencies in written and spoken English: based on the British National Corpus. Longman. http://ucrel.lancs.ac.uk/bncfreq/

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Leech G, Rayson P, Wilson A. Word frequencies in written and spoken English: based on the British National Corpus. London: Longman, 2001. 304 p.

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Leech, Geoffrey ; Rayson, P. ; Wilson, A. / Word frequencies in written and spoken English: based on the British National Corpus. London : Longman, 2001. 304 p.

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