This book is a tribute to Malcolm Coulthard, who has been remarkably active and influential across a wide range of English Language Studies. He is particularly well-known for his pioneering work in spoken and written discourse analysis and most recently, for his work in forensic linguistics. This co
Discourse Patterns in Spoken and Written Corpora
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- Publisher
- John Benjamins
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 288
- Series
- Pragmatics & Beyond New Series 120
- Category
- Library
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