Discourse features of the student-produced academic research paper: Variations across disciplinary courses

Journal of English for Academic Purposes

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 5-22

  Samraj, Betty ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic; Genre; Graduate; Research paper; Writing

Indexed keywords

EID: 15844423151     PISSN: 14751585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1475-1585(03)00053-5     Document Type: Article

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