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Comparative variation analysis at cross roads: perspectives and methods - Benedikt Szmrecsanyi and Jason Grafmiller, Comparative Variation Analysis: Grammatical Alternations in World Englishes Cambridge; New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2023. Pp. xvii+218. Hardback $125, ISBN: 9781108491563

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Benedikt Szmrecsanyi and Jason Grafmiller, Comparative Variation Analysis: Grammatical Alternations in World Englishes Cambridge; New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2023. Pp. xvii+218. Hardback $125, ISBN: 9781108491563

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Jianhong Wu Open the ORCID record for Jianhong Wu [Opens in a new window]  and
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Jianhong Wu
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School of International Studies, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou. China
Bin Shao*
Affiliation:
School of International Studies, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou. China
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grammatical alterationworld Englishesprobabilistic grammarvariationist linguisticsmultivariate analysis
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English Today , First View , pp. 1 - 3
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