The language system of audio description: An investigation as a discursive process

Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness

Volumn 98, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 453-469

  Piety, Philip J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDIOLOGY; AUDIOMETRY; FILM; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL PRACTICE; METHODOLOGY; PERFORMANCE; VISUAL INFORMATION;

EID: 4143098097     PISSN: 0145482X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0145482x0409800802     Document Type: Article

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