Is there an "academic vocabulary"?

TESOL Quarterly

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 235-253

  Hyland, Ken ^a   Tse, Polly ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 34447545733     PISSN: 00398322     EISSN: 15457249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1545-7249.2007.tb00058.x     Document Type: Article

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