Between legal and social truths: The management of intertextual gaps in the construction of narrative authority in a US mock trial competition
Issue: Vol 12 No. 2 (2015)
Journal: Journal of Applied Linguistics and Professional Practice
Subject Areas: Writing and Composition Linguistics
DOI: 10.1558/jalpp.32165
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Author: Joon-Beom Chu
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