Syntax as a marker of rhetorical organization in written texts: Arabic and english

IRAL - International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 291-320

  Mohamed, Aysha H ^a   Omer, Majzoub R ^a  

^a Department of Science   (Saudi Arabia)

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EID: 33746160413     PISSN: 0019042X     EISSN: 16134141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/iral.1999.37.4.291     Document Type: Article

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