The 'processes' of learning: On the use of Halliday's transitivity in academic skills advising

Arts and Humanities in Higher Education

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 50-73

  Moore, Tim ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Academic skills; Disciplinary discourses; Discourse analysis; Functional grammar; Transitivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 43249142786     PISSN: 14740222     EISSN: 1741265X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1474022207072199     Document Type: Article

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