Moulding interpersonal relations through conditional clauses: Consensus-building strategies in written academic discourse

Journal of English for Academic Purposes

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 140-150

  Warchał, Krystyna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

conditional clauses; consensus; EAP; interpersonality; research articles; rhetoric

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952106083     PISSN: 14751585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeap.2010.02.002     Document Type: Article

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