An Investigation of L1-L2 Transfer in Writing among Japanese University Students: Implications for Contrastive Rhetoric

Journal of Second Language Writing

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 69-100

  Kubota, Ryuko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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EID: 0038216343     PISSN: 10603743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1060-3743(98)90006-6     Document Type: Article

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