discipline-specific
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Adjective
discipline-specific (comparative more discipline-specific, superlative most discipline-specific)
- (linguistics, education) Relating to, or forming part of, the typical language used in a particular field of study.
- 2018, Clarence Green, James Lambert, “Position vectors, homologous chromosomes and gamma rays: Promoting disciplinary literacy through Secondary Phrase Lists”, in English for Specific Purposes, , page 1:
- The extent of a general academic vocabulary has been questioned by previous research that has found vocabulary and lexical bundles vary so much by discipline that a discipline-specific approach to vocabulary instruction should be adopted.
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