Computational linguistic assessment of genre differences focusing on text cohesive devices of student writing: Implications for library instruction

Journal of Academic Librarianship

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 501-510

  Wang, Xin ^a   Cho, Kwangsu ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

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EID: 78049417337     PISSN: 00991333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acalib.2010.08.006     Document Type: Article

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