Setting the discourse community: Tasks and assessment for the new technical communication service course

Technical Communication Quarterly

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 249-267

  Coppola, Nancy W ^a  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 13944272052     PISSN: 10572252     EISSN: 15427625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10572259909364666     Document Type: Article

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