A reevaluation of the uniqueness of Japanese written discourse: Implications for contrastive rhetoric

Written Communication

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 460-480

  Kubota, Ryuko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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EID: 0001471731     PISSN: 07410883     EISSN: 15528472     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0741088397014004002     Document Type: Article

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