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In:“All families and genera”: Exploring the Corpus of English Life Sciences Texts
Edited by Isabel Moskowich, Inés Lareo and Gonzalo Camiña
[Not in series 237] 2021
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Chapter 8
Linguistic indicators of persuasion in female authors in the Corpus of English Life Sciences Texts

ORCiD logo with link | University of A Coruña
Published online: 10 September 2021
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https://doi.org/10.1075/z.237.08cre
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Women scientists, prefaces and persuasion
  • 3.Material and methodology
  • 4.Data analysis and discussion
    • 4.1Prefaces and bodies: General data
      • a.Prefaces and bodies: Specific data
      • b.Linguistic features
  • 5.Concluding remarks
  • Works cited
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