In search of commonalities: Some linguistic and rhetorical features of business reports as a genre

English for Specific Purposes

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 156-179

  Yeung, Lorrita ^a  

^a LINGNAN UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 33847668002     PISSN: 08894906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.esp.2006.06.004     Document Type: Article

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