Language Online: Investigating Digital Texts and Practices

Language Online: Investigating Digital Texts and Practices

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 1-209

  Barton, David ^a,b   Lee, Carmen ^c  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Lancaster Literacy Research Centre   (United Kingdom)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203552308     Document Type: Book

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