Commenting on results in published research articles and masters dissertations in Language Teaching

Journal of English for Academic Purposes

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 241-251

  Basturkmen, Helen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Articles and dissertations; Commenting on results; Discussion of results; Genre

Indexed keywords

EID: 70649091208     PISSN: 14751585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeap.2009.07.001     Document Type: Article

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