Why email looks like speech: Proofreading, pedagogy and public face

New Media Language

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 85-94

  Baron, Naomi S ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84909358549     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203696965     Document Type: Chapter

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