Letters to the editor: Still vigorous after all these years? A presentation of the discursive and linguistic features of the genre

English for Specific Purposes

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 173-199

  Magnet, Anne ^a   Carnet, Didier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

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EID: 33645098688     PISSN: 08894906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.esp.2005.03.004     Document Type: Article

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