Prose analysis: Purposes, procedures, and problems

Understanding Expository Text: A Theoretical and Practical Handbook for Analyzing Explanatory Text

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 11-64

  Meyer, Bonnie J F ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781315099958     Document Type: Chapter

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