This paper presents the results of a corpus-based study which investigates the genre of academic email and more specifically its pragmatic dimension.Four conversational routines (thank yous, apologies, requests, offers) are analysed and compared in two channels: academic e-mails and conventional print letters.In addition, data from both native Bath

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The Roman pottery of Bracara Augusta has been usually studied from an historical and chronological perspective that mainly aims to understand the succession of Hair spray productions or their contemporaneity.This perspective can frame products and fabric ordered in a timeline.This approach to time, although dominant in archaeological research, offe

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As offshore wind turbines move towards deeper and more distant sites, the concept of floating foundations is a potential technically and economically attractive alternative to the traditional fixed foundations.Unlike the well-studied monopile, the geometry of a floating foundation is complex and, thereby, increases the difficulty in wave force dete