"This means that...": a linguistic perspective of writing and learning in a discipline

Journal of English for Academic Purposes

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 165-179

  Woodward Kron, Robyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

academic writing; discipline specific writing; engagement; language and learning; systemic functional linguistics

Indexed keywords

EID: 69549109843     PISSN: 14751585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeap.2009.07.002     Document Type: Article

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