There is no doubt that we are now witnesses to an historic process marked by the spe- cific needs arising from scientific developments and economic change. In this context, beginning in the second half of the 20th century, we situate the linguistic concept “Lan- guage for Specific Purposes” (LSP), a term currently used to refer to specialised com- munication. Although the boundaries of this concept are rather nebulous, since its analysis may be carried out from different cognitive perspectives – for instance, from linguistic, social, pragmatic or computational points of view – authors such as Cabré (2005) claim that a certain consensus exists.
