Qualification and Certainty in L1 and L2 Students' Writing

Journal of Second Language Writing

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 183-205

  Hyland, Ken ^a   Milton, John ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NONE

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EID: 0038781019     PISSN: 10603743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1060-3743(97)90033-3     Document Type: Article

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