Modality in Nigerian Senate Debates: Patterned co-occurrence and stratgic-pragmatic functions

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Modality in Nigerian Senate Debates: Patterned co-occurrence and stratgic-pragmatic functions. / Inya, Onwu.
Readings in Corpus Linguistics: A Teaching and Research Guide for Scholars in Nigeria and Beyond. Kraft Books, 2023. p. 394 - 417.

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Inya, O 2023, Modality in Nigerian Senate Debates: Patterned co-occurrence and stratgic-pragmatic functions. in Readings in Corpus Linguistics: A Teaching and Research Guide for Scholars in Nigeria and Beyond. Kraft Books, pp. 394 - 417.

APA

Inya, O. (2023). Modality in Nigerian Senate Debates: Patterned co-occurrence and stratgic-pragmatic functions. In Readings in Corpus Linguistics: A Teaching and Research Guide for Scholars in Nigeria and Beyond (pp. 394 - 417). Kraft Books.

Vancouver

Inya O. Modality in Nigerian Senate Debates: Patterned co-occurrence and stratgic-pragmatic functions. In Readings in Corpus Linguistics: A Teaching and Research Guide for Scholars in Nigeria and Beyond. Kraft Books. 2023. p. 394 - 417

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