The Terminology of Marine Pollution by Plastics and Microplastics /
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Author / Creator: | Niceforo, Marina, author. |
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Imprint: | Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publisher, 2019. ©2019 |
Description: | 1 online resource (vi, 158 pages .) |
Language: | English |
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Format: | E-Resource Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13456458 |
ISBN: | 9781527541214 1527541215 1527539040 9781527539044 |
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Language / Script: | Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force. |
Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index. Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK). Print version record. |
Summary: | As a specialised language, the terminology of marine pollution by plastics and microplastics is composed mainly of technical-scientific terms from the field of marine ecology, along with general-language words used with a domain-specific meaning. Since there are few existing studies focusing on the linguistic-terminological aspects of ecology, this book analyses the nature, characteristics, and possible applications of the terminology of marine plastic pollution by observing its degree of technicity in different textual genres. To this end, a small but significant corpus of texts embracing thr. |
Other form: | Print version: 1527539040 9781527539044 |
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