Theories of the middle range in historical studies of writing practice

Written Communication

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 298-318

  Bazerman, Charles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Historical research on writing; Middle range; Writing theory; Written genre

Indexed keywords

EID: 45349086686     PISSN: 07410883     EISSN: 15528472     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0741088308318025     Document Type: Article

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