A contextual study of lexical verbs in two types of medical research report: Clinical and experimental

English for Specific Purposes

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 175-197

  Williams, Ian A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

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EID: 0039462464     PISSN: 08894906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0889-4906(96)00010-5     Document Type: Article

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