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Names: McEnery, Tony, 1964– author. | Clarke, Isobelle, author. | Brookes, Gavin (Linguist), author.
Title: Learner language, discourse and interaction : a corpus-based analysis of spoken English / Tony McEnery, Lancaster University, Isobelle Clarke, Lancaster University, Gavin Brookes, Lancaster University.
Description: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2025. | Series: Studies in English language | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2024026324 | ISBN 9781009208956 (hardback) | ISBN 9781009208932 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: English language – Spoken English. | English language – Study and teaching – Foreign speakers. | English language – Discourse analysis. | English language – Data processing.
Classification: LCC PE1074.8 .M36 2025 | DDC 428.0071–dc23/eng/20240827
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