A corpus-based investigation of recent change in the use of the progressive in British English
This is a study in the recent historical development of the English progressive construction. My primary aim is to determine how far usage of the progressive in written British English - specifically, printed (published) written prose texts of British English - has evolved in the last few decades of...
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Lancaster University
2005
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.594241 |