Proofreading in a UK university: Proofreaders' beliefs, practices, and experiences

Journal of Second Language Writing

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 166-190

  Harwood, Nigel ^a   Austin, Liz ^a   Macaulay, Rowena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Academic writing; Beliefs; Editing; Ethical issues; Language support; Proofreading; Revision; Textual intervention

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650487251     PISSN: 10603743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jslw.2009.05.002     Document Type: Article

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