Discourse structure and rhetoric of English narratives: Differences between native English and Chinese non-native English writers

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Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 347-368

  Lee, Miranda Y P ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Contrastive rhetoric; Discourse analysis; English narratives; Narrative structure; Second language writing.

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248706229     PISSN: 01654888     EISSN: 18607349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/text.2003.015     Document Type: Article

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