Collocation and technicality in EAP engineering

Journal of English for Academic Purposes

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 18-35

  Ward, Jeremy ^a  

^a SURANAREE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Collocation; Engineering; English for academic purposes; Lexis; Reading; Technicality

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846806071     PISSN: 14751585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeap.2006.10.001     Document Type: Article

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