Some grammatical problems in scientific English

M.A.K. Halliday

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.

Published online: 01 January 1989
https://doi.org/10.1075/aralss.6.02hal

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