Evaluation in research article abstracts in the narrative and hard sciences

Journal of English for Academic Purposes

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 327-341

  Stotesbury, Hilkka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Attitudinal lexis; Evaluation; Hard science; Interdisciplinary; Narrative science; Research article abstract

Indexed keywords

EID: 11044236241     PISSN: 14751585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1475-1585(03)00049-3     Document Type: Article

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