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<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>I'm looking for information regarding
absolute phrases (called absolute clauses by Quirk et alia) and their presence
in corpora studies. Please let me know if you are aware of studies that
include this sort of analysis.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>James Vanden Bosch</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>James Vanden
Bosch <A
href="mailto:vand@calvin.edu">vand@calvin.edu</A><BR>Department of
English <A
href="http://www.calvin.edu/~vand">www.calvin.edu/~vand</A><BR>Calvin
College<BR>Grand Rapids, MI 49546<BR>Tel.: (616) 957-6592<BR>Fax: (616)
957-8508<BR></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>