An approach to corpus-based discourse analysis: The move analysis as example

Discourse Studies

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 585-605

  Upton, Thomas A ^a   Cohen, Mary Ann ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Birthmother letters; Corpus linguistics; Discourse analysis; Move analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350547716     PISSN: 14614456     EISSN: 14617080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461445609341006     Document Type: Article

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