Towards a Contextual Lexico-Grammar: An Application of Concordance Analysis EST Teaching

Based on an earlier study of the lexico-grammatical behavior of verbs in certain texts, this paper examines the associated features that characterize engineering texts to determine whether they co-occur frequently enough to distinguish "engineering English" as a recognizable genre. (18 ref...

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Published in:	RELC journal Vol. 23; no. 2; p. 18
Main Author:	Wu, Marion Hui Hua
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	01-12-1992
Subjects:	Engineering English for Special Purposes Foreign Countries Genre Studies Grammar Lexicology Structural Analysis (Linguistics) Text Structure
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Summary:	Based on an earlier study of the lexico-grammatical behavior of verbs in certain texts, this paper examines the associated features that characterize engineering texts to determine whether they co-occur frequently enough to distinguish "engineering English" as a recognizable genre. (18 references) (Author/LB)
ISSN:	0033-6882
DOI:	10.1177/003368829202300202