Modern conscience: Modalities of obligation in research genres

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Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 171-199

  Giltrow, Janet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Deontic modality; Expertise; Modern systems.; Research genres; Scientific writing

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248706407     PISSN: 01654888     EISSN: 18607349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/text.2005.25.2.171     Document Type: Article

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