Nurturing hedges in the ESP curriculum

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Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 477-490

  Hyland, Ken ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 0030498262     PISSN: 0346251X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0346-251X(96)00043-7     Document Type: Article

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