The form and function of fixed collocational patterns in research articles in different academic disciplines

This thesis presents a comparative empirical study of fixed collocational patterns in written academic English. The fixed collocational pattern is a continuous string of words which is found to occur frequently in language data. This study uses lexical analysis software to study an electronic corpus...

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Main Author: Oakey, David James
Other Authors: Deignan, A. ; Cameron, L.
Published: University of Leeds 2008
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.487747