Aspects of Professional & Academic Language Flashcards
1
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Four elements of writing as a form of communication
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- topic
- role
- audience
- purpose
2
Q
Four important features of language use
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- formality
- objectivity
- caution
- explicitness
3
Q
How to achieve formality (4)
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- expanded modal forms / contracttions
- one verb / many verbs
- expanded terms / abbreviations
- no colloquial - trite - idiomatic
4
Q
What objectivity provides in academic writing (2)
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- impersonal
- social distance
5
Q
How to achieve objectivity (3)
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- X personal pronouns
- X rhetorical questions
- X emotive language
6
Q
Importance of signposts
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Determine relationship in parts of a study
7
Q
What does academic writing demand in explicitness
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signposts
8
Q
How to achieve structure fit for academic writing
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- combining ideas
- nominalization
- passivization
