Grammar as a Feature of Text Construction: Time and Rhetorical Function in French Journal Articles in Biology

Written Communication

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 316-343

  Liddicoat, Anthony J ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

French for science and technology; French language; languages for specific purposes; rhetorical grammatical analysis; scientific communication; technical writing

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248712462     PISSN: 07410883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0741088304268806     Document Type: Article

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