Description
This book is a selection of articles of Lothar Hoffmann. It begins with an introduction to the linguistics of special languages. It is centered on the following topics: theory and methodology, specialized lexis, and applications. In this book, the author explains carefully the progress and changes underwent by research in special languages, starting from a concept based on linguistic system to conclude with a textual, pragmatic and cognitive approach. This work is addressed to linguists, language teachers, students, translation teachers, lexicographers, and terminologists. n
