Exploring atypical verb+noun combinations in learner technical writing
Professional and academic discourse is characterised by a specific phraseology, which usually poses problems for students. This paper investigates atypical verb+noun collocations in a corpus of English technical writing of Spanish students. I focus on the type of verbs that most frequently occurred...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Universidad de Murcia
2011-12-01
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Series: | International Journal of English Studies (IJES) |
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Online Access: | http://revistas.um.es/ijes/article/view/149651 |