Genre awareness and rhetorical appropriacy: Manipulation of information structure by NS and NNS scientists in the international conference setting

English for Specific Purposes

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 41-64

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

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL DES TÉLÉCOMMUNICATIONS   (France)

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EID: 7644223906     PISSN: 08894906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.esp.2003.09.003     Document Type: Article

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