Identifying technical vocabulary

System

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 251-263

  Chung, Teresa Mihwa ^a   Nation, Paul ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Computer; Dictionary; ESP; Extraction; Special purposes; Technical; Term; Terminology; Vocabulary

Indexed keywords

EID: 2342468843     PISSN: 0346251X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.system.2003.11.008     Document Type: Article

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