What is technical text?

Language Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 391-423

  Copeck, Terry ^a   Barker, Ken ^a   Delisle, Sylvain ^b   Szpakowicz, Stan ^a   Delannoy, Jean François ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

^c CRES International Inc   (Canada)

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EID: 26444436299     PISSN: 03880001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0388-0001(97)00003-x     Document Type: Article

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