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As a consequence of WW II, many studies referring to ESP started appearing.
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From Text-based Counts to ¨Rethorical Devices¨
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Barber was devoted to counting grammatical features across genres (textbooks and journal articles)
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represented an important turning point for ESP, with rhetorical concerns, particularly as they were inferred from ¨devices¨ within the text, becoming a central research focus. The most famous of the studies is found in Tarone et al. (1981).
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Broadening the Scope/Introducing Central Concepts
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Selinker in his research overview: ¨Consultations with subject-specialist informants¨ and ¨rethorical/grammatical analyses¨ of specific types of texts, generally in science and technology disciplines.
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The term genre began to appear in the ESP literature, often as linguistic ¨devices¨ were contrasted among text types. Morrow (1989)
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The introduction and impartance of new international journals
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It was founded in 19991 by llona Leko and Tony Silva
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In 2001, responding to the overwhelming number of articles in ESPJ and elsewhere on academic texts, students, and contexts, Liz Hamp-Luons and Ken Hyland established the JEAP.
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Diane Belcher has made major contributions to research internationally as co-editor of ESP. Her work in editing ESP volumes on research and practice and her ESP survey articles have enabled students and professionals throughout the world to appreciate the contributions of modern ESP.
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In many parts of the world, academics are now required to publish in international journals in order to be promoted in their home institutions.