Writing in the professions

Handbook of Research on Writing: History, Society, School, Individual, Text

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 269-289

  Beaufort, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781410616470-24     Document Type: Chapter

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