Electronic Mail-A New Style of Communication or Just a New Medium?: An Investigation into the Text Features of E-mail

English for Specific Purposes

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 81-101

  Gains, Jonathan ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0038321113     PISSN: 08894906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0889-4906(97)00051-3     Document Type: Article

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