Discourse functions and syntactic complexity in synchronous and asynchronous communication

Language Learning and Technology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 82-119

  Sotillo, Susana M ^a,b  

^a MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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