Crosthwaite, Peter,

Learning the language of dentistry : disciplinary corpora in the teaching of English for specific academic purposes / Peter Crosthwaite, Lisa Cheung. - Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, (c)2019. - 1 online resource. - Studies in corpus linguistics (SCL), volume 93 .

Includes bibliographies and index.

This book explores the affordances of disciplinary corpora for the teaching and learning of the 'language of dentistry', within the field of English for Specific Academic Purposes (ESAP). We extract disciplinary register features and vocabulary from three key genres of the dentistry discipline (published experimental research articles, case reports, and novice /



9789027261984 9027261989


English language--Medical English.
Dentistry--Terminology.
Corpora (Linguistics)
Language and languages--Study and teaching.


Electronic Books.

PE1127 / .L437 2019