Disciplinary variation in the use of theme in undergraduate essays

Applied Linguistics

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 431-452

  North, Sarah ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 24144458923     PISSN: 01426001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/applin/ami023     Document Type: Article

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