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Corpus Pragmatic Studies on the History of Medical Discourse
Edited by Turo Hiltunen and Irma Taavitsainen
[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series 330] 2022
► pp. 1–20

Chapter 1
Corpora, pragmatics, and historical medical discourse

| University of Helsinki
| University of Helsinki
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Main themes in the present volume
  • 3.Medical writing from a historical perspective
  • 4.Insights from corpora
  • Notes
  • References
Published online: 1 July 2022
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https://doi.org/10.1075/pbns.330.01hil
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