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Developing a freeware, multiplatform corpus analysis toolkit for the technical writing classroom

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Developing a freeware, multiplatform corpus analysis toolkit for the technical writing classroom. / Anthony, Laurence.
In: IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication, Vol. 49, No. 3, 2006, p. 275-286.

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Anthony L. Developing a freeware, multiplatform corpus analysis toolkit for the technical writing classroom. IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication. 2006;49(3):275-286. doi: 10.1109/TPC.2006.880753

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Anthony, Laurence. / Developing a freeware, multiplatform corpus analysis toolkit for the technical writing classroom. In: IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication. 2006 ; Vol. 49, No. 3. pp. 275-286.

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