Affordances and constraints on research publication: A comparative study of the language choices of Spanish historians and psychologists

Journal of English for Academic Purposes

Volumn 14, Issue , 2014, Pages 72-83

  Burgess, S ^a   Gea Valor, M L ^b   Moreno, A I ^c   Rey Rocha, J ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

^d CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

English for research publication purposes; Humanities and Social Sciences; Multilingual scholars; Spanish

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894150974     PISSN: 14751585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeap.2014.01.001     Document Type: Article

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