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Peer reviewedPeters, Pam – World Englishes, 1996
Describes and quantifies aspects of the comparative clauses conjoined with correlatives "than" and "as." The data are compared to show patterns of distribution, their spread across different genres, and the similarity or otherwise of their use in Britain and Australia. Findings show that the scalar comparative clause does not…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Databases, Discourse Analysis, Foreign Countries
