"The writing of this thesis was a process that I could not explore with the positivistic detachment of the classical sociologist"

Journal of English for Academic Purposes

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 222-243

  Starfield, Sue ^a   Ravelli, Louise J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Academic writing; Disciplinarity; English for academic purposes; Postmodernism; Thesis and dissertation writing; Writer identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746797353     PISSN: 14751585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeap.2006.07.004     Document Type: Article

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