Personal and impersonal authorial references: A contrastive study of English and Italian Linguistics research articles

Journal of English for Academic Purposes

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 86-101

  Molino, Alessandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

authorial references; English for Academic Purposes; first person pronouns; intercultural rhetoric; passive voice; research articles

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952107007     PISSN: 14751585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeap.2010.02.007     Document Type: Article

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