Topical Structure Analysis of Academic Paragraphs in English and Spanish

Journal of Second Language Writing

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 293-309

  Simpson, JoEllen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE   (Colombia)

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EID: 0347316314     PISSN: 10603743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1060-3743(00)00029-1     Document Type: Article

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