Lexical complexity and discourse markers in soft and hard science articles

World Applied Sciences Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 368-374

  Gholami, Javad ^a   Mosalli, Zahra ^a   Nikou, Shiva Bidel ^a  

^a URMIA UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Discourse markers; English for academic purposes (EAP); Hard sciences; Lexical complexity; Soft sciences

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867817097     PISSN: 18184952     EISSN: 19916426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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