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Genre and Systemic Functional Studies[Australian Review of Applied Linguistics. Series S 6] 1989
► pp. 13–37
[Australian Review of Applied Linguistics. Series S 6] 1989
► pp. 13–37
Some grammatical problems in scientific English
This paper examines the manner in which scientific English constitutes learning problems for students being introduced to science. It develops a taxonomy of the difficulties and investigates means of overcoming the problems which texts in scientific English create.
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