If-conditionals in medical discourse: From theory to disciplinary practice

Journal of English for Academic Purposes

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 191-205

  Carter Thomas, Shirley ^a   Rowley Jolivet, Elizabeth ^b  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DES TÉLÉCOMMUNICATIONS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

Author keywords

Conference presentations; EAP; Editorials; If conditionals; Medical genres; Research articles

Indexed keywords

EID: 50849114839     PISSN: 14751585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeap.2008.03.004     Document Type: Article

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