On RA abstracts: From rhetorical structure to thematic organisation

English for Specific Purposes

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 280-302

  Loré, Rosa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

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EID: 3042602745     PISSN: 08894906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.esp.2003.06.001     Document Type: Article

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