Contrastive Grammar in Use : Quantitative Perspectives on the Verb Phrase in English and German /

If there is one speculation about English and German that has pervaded scholarly work within contrastive linguistics as well as language teaching and translation handbooks for decades, it is probably the assumption of a more "verbal style" in English compared to German. Settling this quest...

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Main Author: Mahler, Hanna (Author)

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Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2026.

Series: Language and Computers ; 86.
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