A Comparative Analysis of Lexical Bundles in Journalistic Writing in English and Persian: A Contrastive Linguistic Perspective

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Marzieh Rafiee ¹ , Mahbube Keihaniyan ²

1 - Ph.D Student, Department of English, Isfahan University, Isfahan
2 - MA Student, Young Researchers and Elite Club, Najafabad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Najafabad, Isfahan

Received: 2012-05-12 Accepted : 2012-08-12 Published : 2013-06-01

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