Language for specific purposes is a branch of applied linguistics which deals with a variety of language used by members of a particular subject field, concentrating on its genres, stylistic features and technical lexis.

This research is relevant for such problem-based areas as language education, translation and the design of specialised dictionaries.

[edit] References

• Basturkmen, H. & Elder, C. (2004) "The Practice of LSP", in The Handbook of Applied Linguistics ed. by A. Davies & C. Elder, Oxford: Blackwell, 672-694
• James, G. & Purchase, J. (1996) English in Business Studies and Economics. A Corpus-based Lexical Analysis, Hong Kong: Languagee Centre, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
• Robinson, P. (1991) ESP Today: A Practitioner's Guide, New York & London: Prentice Hall.
• Trimble, L. (1985) English for Science and Technology. A Discourse Approach, Cambridge: Cambridge U.P.

[edit] See also

• LSP dictionary