Writes of passage: Stylistic features of male and female undergraduate history essays

Journal of Further and Higher Education

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 351-362

  Robson, Jocelyn ^a   Francis, Becky ^b   Read, Barbara ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0037546537     PISSN: 0309877X     EISSN: 14699486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0309877022000021757     Document Type: Article

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