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In:Evaluation in Context
Edited by Geoff Thompson † and Laura Alba-Juez
[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series 242] 2014
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The many faces and phases of evaluation

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 | University of Liverpool, U.K.
Published online: 4 February 2014
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