Comparative and contrastive observations on scientific titles written in English and Spanish

English for Specific Purposes

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 124-137

  Soler, Viviana ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL SUR   (Argentina)

Author keywords

English language; Research paper; Review paper; Spanish language; Structural construction; Titles

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951945982     PISSN: 08894906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.esp.2010.09.002     Document Type: Article

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