Swales (1985) has suggested that 1962 marks �the beginning of the story� of LSP. If that is the case, then we celebrate during 2012 the 50th anniversary of LSP as a field of applied linguistics. On the occasion of this golden anniversary, this article reflects on how the field of LSP has evolved over the past half century as it has matured and grown in significance. Broad observations are made about changes that have occurred in the areas of (1) needs analysis, (2) language analysis, and (3) materials and methods, as reflected by leading scholars in four different time periods: Halliday, Strevens and McIntosh in the 1960s, Strevens in the 1970s, Dudley-Evans and St. John in the 1990s, and Belcher in the 2000s. Two current areas of debate � ...
This book is a selection of papers given at the 21st LSP Conference (formerly known as the LSP Sympo...
Research on second language writing (L2 writing) has been widely acknowledged from a disciplinary to...
This article deals with the object of study for LSP. After stressing the general importance of study...
Swales (1985) has suggested that 1962 marks “the beginning of the story” of LSP. If that is the case...
The field of Languages for Specific Purposes (LSP) is attracting the interest of an increasing numbe...
Languages for Specific Languages (LSP) represent a dynamic approach both in research and practice an...
In October 1958, John McCarthy published one in a series of reports about his then ongoing effort fo...
In the view of many ESP practitioners and thinkers, the year 1962 has increasingly been considered t...
peer-reviewedSince the early 1960s LSP research has been dominated by English for Special Purposes,...
This paper offers a personal perspective on the development of language and infor-mation processing ...
After 30 years of steady growth and reasonable productivity, the field of SLA has recently come unde...
Widely considered to be the premier event in Romance linguistics worldwide, the Linguistic Symposium...
In this paper I offer a brief personal reflection on what strikes me as the main features of this pe...
the founding year of Language, the journal of the Linguistics Society of America, as a benchmark for...
The author focusses his study on the changes that lexicology undergoes within the field of linguisti...
This book is a selection of papers given at the 21st LSP Conference (formerly known as the LSP Sympo...
Research on second language writing (L2 writing) has been widely acknowledged from a disciplinary to...
This article deals with the object of study for LSP. After stressing the general importance of study...
Swales (1985) has suggested that 1962 marks “the beginning of the story” of LSP. If that is the case...
The field of Languages for Specific Purposes (LSP) is attracting the interest of an increasing numbe...
Languages for Specific Languages (LSP) represent a dynamic approach both in research and practice an...
In October 1958, John McCarthy published one in a series of reports about his then ongoing effort fo...
In the view of many ESP practitioners and thinkers, the year 1962 has increasingly been considered t...
peer-reviewedSince the early 1960s LSP research has been dominated by English for Special Purposes,...
This paper offers a personal perspective on the development of language and infor-mation processing ...
After 30 years of steady growth and reasonable productivity, the field of SLA has recently come unde...
Widely considered to be the premier event in Romance linguistics worldwide, the Linguistic Symposium...
In this paper I offer a brief personal reflection on what strikes me as the main features of this pe...
the founding year of Language, the journal of the Linguistics Society of America, as a benchmark for...
The author focusses his study on the changes that lexicology undergoes within the field of linguisti...
This book is a selection of papers given at the 21st LSP Conference (formerly known as the LSP Sympo...
Research on second language writing (L2 writing) has been widely acknowledged from a disciplinary to...
This article deals with the object of study for LSP. After stressing the general importance of study...