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Ljubica Leone, Composite predicates in Late Modern English (Routledge Focus on Linguistics). London: Routledge, 2024. Pp. vi + 84. ISBN 9781032524887.

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Ljubica Leone, Composite predicates in Late Modern English (Routledge Focus on Linguistics). London: Routledge, 2024. Pp. vi + 84. ISBN 9781032524887.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2025

Paula Rodríguez-Puente Open the ORCID record for Paula Rodríguez-Puente [Opens in a new window]
Paula Rodríguez-Puente*
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Department of English, French and German Philology University of Oviedo Campus de El Milán C/ Francisco Rodríguez García s/n 33011 Oviedo Spain rodriguezppaula@uniovi.es
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English Language & Linguistics , Volume 30 , Issue 1 , March 2026 , pp. 207 - 213
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