The scimitar, the dagger and the glove: Intercultural differences in the rhetoric of criticism in Spanish, French and English Medical Discourse (1930-1995)

English for Specific Purposes

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 223-247

  Salager Meyer, Françoise ^a,c   Alcaraz Ariza, María Ángeles ^b   Zambrano, Nahirana ^a  

^a Universidad De Los Andes Facultad de Medicina   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^c NONE   (Venezuela)

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EID: 1642399136     PISSN: 08894906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0889-4906(02)00019-4     Document Type: Article

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