Business is booming: Business english in the 1990s

English for Specific Purposes

Volumn 15, Issue 1 SPEC. ISS., 1996, Pages 3-18

  St John, Maggie Jo ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0039462307     PISSN: 08894906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0889-4906(95)00023-2     Document Type: Article

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