The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, 1675-1975: A sociohistorical discourse analysis

Language in Society

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 333-371

  Atkinson, Dwight ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0030243418     PISSN: 00474045     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0047404500019205     Document Type: Article

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