Across the Disciplines Jan 2018 Open Access

WAC/WID and Transfer: Towards a Transdisciplinary View of Academic Writing

C. C. Hendricks
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Across the Disciplines
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2018-01-01
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10.37514/atd-j.2018.15.3.11
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