Writing as an Embodied Practice: The Case of Engineering Standards

Journal of Business and Technical Communication

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 413-457

  Haas, Christina ^a   Witte, Stephen P ^a,b  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Ctr for Res on Workplace Literacy   (United States)

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EID: 0035603820     PISSN: 10506519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/105065190101500402     Document Type: Article

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