Book-Length Scholarly Essays as a Hybrid Genre in Science

Written Communication

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 201-231

  Varghese, Susheela Abraham ^a   Abraham, Sunita Anne ^b  

^a SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

genre analysis; hybrid genre; popularizations; scholarly essays; scientific essays

Indexed keywords

EID: 85001178174     PISSN: 07410883     EISSN: 15528472     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0741088303262844     Document Type: Article

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