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In:Writing History in Late Modern English: Explorations of the Coruña Corpus
Edited by Isabel Moskowich, Begoña Crespo, Luis Puente-Castelo and Leida Maria Monaco
[Not in series 225] 2019
► pp. 185–213

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Chapter 10
How intimate was the tone of female History writing in the Modern period?

Evidence from the Corpus of History English Texts

 | Universidade da Coruña
Published online: 9 October 2019
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Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Authorial presence in scientific discourse: Identity and interaction
  • 3.Materials and methodology
  • 4.Analysis and discussion
    • 4.1The time variable
    • 4.2The communicative format variable
    • 4.3Detailed analysis of the most frequent involvement features
  • 5.Concluding remarks
  • Acknowledgements
  • References
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