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LANGUAGES FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES

Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, 2000
Thirty-five years ago, three leading British linguists published a landmark volume entitled The linguistic sciences and language teaching (Halliday, McIntosh and Strevens 1964). The careful wording of the title of this book was something of a clarion call; in effect, the authors promised to usher in a Brave New World of a stronger descriptive base for ...
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Analyzing Languages for Specific Purposes Discourse

The Modern Language Journal, 2012
In the last 20 years, technological advancement and increased multidisciplinarity has expanded the range of data regarded as within the scope of languages for specific purposes (LSP) research and the means by which they can be analyzed. As a result, the analytical work of LSP researchers has developed from a narrow focus on specialist terminology ...
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History of Languages for Specific Purposes

2021
It is often said that languages for specific purposes (also named special languages or technolects) are the product of a division of labor. Although this concept was introduced only as late as 1776 (by Adam Smith, in An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations), the idea that professions or occupations of all kind are characterized ...
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Language for Specific Purposes / Specialized Communication

2023
All work in the field of Languages for Specific Purposes (LSP) has, as its basic assumption, that language use and the production of meaning is influenced by the relation between sender and receiver, and especially between the social factor of the degree of expertise of senders and receivers.
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The Continuing Evolution of Languages for Specific Purposes

The Modern Language Journal, 2012
This overview to The Modern Language Journal's Focus Issue on Languages for Specific Purposes (LSP) takes a fresh look at issues examined in a 1991 article by Grosse and Voght. Reflecting on change drivers and growth in LSP, the authors comment on current challenges to the field and future research needs.
CHRISTINE UBER GROSSE, GEOFFREY M. VOGHT
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Assessing Languages for Specific Purposes

1999
This book is essential reading for anyone interested in evaluating languages for specific purposes (LSP).
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Language for Specific Purposes and translation

2017
This chapter is divided into two parts: the first is devoted to the historical background and major trends in the interaction of Language for Specific Purposes (LSP) and translation; the second part treats practical issues by examining how translators of specialized discourse perform. The first part begins with two tales: the tale of LSP, and the story
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Assessment Issues in Languages for Specific Purposes

The Modern Language Journal, 2012
While Grosse and Voght (1991) set out a well‐considered overview of LSP and identified areas in need of development, they limited their observations on the topic of assessment to a short section devoted to what they called the proficiency movement. While it is true that they really did not have a lot to report on at the time they wrote their review ...
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