English for Science and Technology: A Discourse Approach

by Louis Trimble

Louis Trimble has been involved for nearly 20 years in the development of English for science and technology (EST), and in this book he describes the approach which he and others have developed. It starts from the premise that in order to understand the written EST found in technical manuals, textbooks, papers etc., it is first necessary to have an understanding of the discourse structure of these texts. Here he gives a very full description, with...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521275199
• ISBN13: 9780521275194
• Release Date: November 1985
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.8" x 8.9"