Professional Writing and the Role of Incidental Collaboration: Evidence from a Medical Setting

Journal of Second Language Writing

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 101-122

  Parks, Susan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b Pavillon De Koninck   (Canada)

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EID: 0007258830     PISSN: 10603743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1060-3743(00)00020-5     Document Type: Article

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