Technical vocabulary in specialised texts

dc.contributor.author	Chung, Teresa Mihwa
dc.contributor.author	Nation, Paul
dc.date.accessioned	2020-05-22T01:58:42Z
dc.date.available	2020-05-22T01:58:42Z
dc.date.issued	2003-10
dc.description.abstract	This article describes two studies of technical vocabulary, one using an anatomy text and the other an applied linguistics text. Technical vocabulary was found by rating the words in the texts on a four step scale. It was found that technical vocabulary made up a very substantial proportion of both the different words and the running words in the texts, with one in every three running words in the anatomy text, and one in every five in the applied linguistics text being a technical word. A considerable number of technical words were from the first 2000 words of English and the Academic Word List. The article ends with suggestions for helping learners notice and learn technical vocabulary.
dc.identifier.doi	10125/66770
dc.identifier.issn	1539-0578
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10125/66770
dc.publisher	University of Hawaii National Foreign Language Resource Center
dc.publisher	Center for Language & Technology
dc.subject	technical
dc.subject	vocabulary
dc.subject	academic words
dc.subject	specialised
dc.subject	terminology
dc.subject	terms
dc.subject	applied linguistics
dc.subject	anatomy
dc.title	Technical vocabulary in specialised texts
dc.type	Article
dc.type.dcmi	Text
local.rfl.topic	Lexis
prism.endingpage	116
prism.number	2
prism.startingpage	103
prism.volume	15

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