Individualism, academic writing, and ESL writers

Journal of Second Language Writing

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 45-75

  Ramanathan, Vai ^b   Atkinson, Dwight ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0009322778     PISSN: 10603743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1060-3743(99)80112-X     Document Type: Article

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