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    Paul Rayson & Scott Piao

  2. University of Leeds, Leeds, UK

    Serge Sharoff

  3. University of Osnabrueck, Osnabrueck, Germany

    Stefan Evert

  4. University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

    Begoña Villada Moirón

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Rayson, P., Piao, S., Sharoff, S. et al. Multiword expressions: hard going or plain sailing?. Lang Resources & Evaluation 44, 1–5 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10579-009-9105-0

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