On the use of the passive and active voice in astrophysics journal papers: With extensions to other languages and other fields

English for Specific Purposes

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 113-132

  Tarone, Elaine ^a   Dwyer, Sharon ^b   Gillette, Susan ^b   Icke, Vincent ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0002903032     PISSN: 08894906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0889-4906(97)00032-X     Document Type: Article

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