The Corpus of Historical English Law Reports 1535–1999 (CHELAR): A resource for analysing the development of English legal discourse

  1. Fanego, Teresa 1
  2. Rodríguez-Puente, Paula 2
  3. López-Couso, María José 1
  4. Méndez-Naya, Belén 1
  5. Núñez-Pertejo, Paloma 1
  6. Blanco-García, Cristina 1
  7. Tamaredo, Iván 1
  1. 1 University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
  2. 2 University of Oviedo, Spain
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ICAME Journal

ISSN: 1502-5462

Year of publication: 2017

Volume: 41

Issue: 1

Pages: 53-82

Type: Article

DOI: 10.1515/ICAME-2017-0003 GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openOpen access editor

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