Semantic fields of problem in business English: Malaysian and British journalistic business texts

Corpora

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 211-239

  Ali, Afida Mohamad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

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EID: 85045162681     PISSN: 17495032     EISSN: 17551676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3366/cor.2007.2.2.211     Document Type: Article

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