Medical writing at the periphery: The case of Italian journal editorials

Journal of English for Academic Purposes

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 97-107

  Giannoni, Davide Simone ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGAMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Closure; First person markers; Italian researchers; Journal editorials; Medical English; Opening sentences

Indexed keywords

EID: 44749090813     PISSN: 14751585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeap.2008.03.003     Document Type: Article

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