Interaction, identity and culture in academic writing the case of German, British and American academics in the humanities

Studies in Corpus Linguistics

Volumn 31, Issue , 2008, Pages 57-92

  Sanderson, Tamsin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

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EID: 85105824108     PISSN: 13880373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1075/scl.31.05san     Document Type: Chapter

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