Erik Smitterberg. The Progressive in Nineteenth-Century English. A Process of Integration. Amsterdam and New York: Rodopi, 2005. ISBN 90-420-1735-X 284 pp.

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Sebastian Hoffmann | Lancaster University

Published online: 6 February 2007

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