Rhetorical Structure Theory: Toward a functional theory of text organization

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Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1988, Pages 243-281

  Mann, William C ^a   Thompson, Sandra A ^a  

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EID: 84961480199     PISSN: 01654888     EISSN: 16134117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/text.1.1988.8.3.243     Document Type: Article

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