Awareness of the importance of technolects, or specialized languages, has increased substantially in the professional working world and in everyday life. Given the growing differentiation of professional perspectives among graduates of Romance language programs, a systematic engagement with past and present forms and functions of specialized language communication, as provided by this book, is indispensable.

Sylvia Reinart, Mainz University, Germany; Wolfgang Pöckl, Innsbruck University, Austria.