TY - BOOK AU - edited by Paltridge, Brian AU - Starfield, Sue TI - The handbook of English for specific purposes SN - 9781118941553 U1 - 372.6 PAL-B PY - 2013/// CY - United Kingdom PB - Wiley Blackwell KW - English language--Study and teaching N1 - Featuring a collection of newly commissioned essays, edited by twoleading scholars, this Handbook surveys the key researchfindings in the field of English for Specific Purposes (ESP). - Provides a state-of-the-art overview of the originsand evolution, current research, and future directions in ESP - Features newly-commissioned contributions from aglobal team of leading scholars - Explores the history of ESP and current areas ofresearch, including speaking, reading, writing, technology, andbusiness, legal, and medical English - Considers perspectives on ESP research such asgenre, intercultural rhetoric, multimodality, English as a linguafranca and ethnography ER -