The textual interplay of grammatical metaphor on the nominalizations occurring in written medical English

Journal of Pragmatics

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 363-385

  Guillén Galve, Ignacio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

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EID: 0032164099     PISSN: 03782166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0378-2166(98)00002-2     Document Type: Article

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