The Construction of Technicality in the Field of Plastics: A Functional Approach Towards Teaching Technical Terminology

English for Specific Purposes

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 251-278

  Pueyo, Isabel González ^a   Val, Sonia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b NONE

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EID: 0042592853     PISSN: 08894906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0889-4906(96)00011-7     Document Type: Article

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