The continuity of topics in journal and travel texts: A discourse functional perspective

Functions of Language

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 37-76

  Guijarro, A Jesús Moya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

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EID: 34248708233     PISSN: 0929998X     EISSN: 15699765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/fol.13.1.03moy     Document Type: Review

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