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ITL - International Journal of Applied Linguistics
Vol. 141/142 (2003) ► pp.247–254

An Analysis of Genitive Relative Clauses in a British Written English Corpus

Is there another Noun Phrase Accessibility Hierarchy?

| Aichi Gakuin University, Japan
| Nagoya University, Japan
Published online: 1 January 2003
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https://doi.org/10.2143/ITL.141.0.2003189
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