scholarly journals The bewildering complexity of the biology register

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 9-24
Author(s):  
Natalia Borza
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Students ◽  
English Language ◽  
Syntactic Structure ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Linguistic Features ◽  
Biology Textbook ◽  
Complex Sentences ◽  
Reference Corpus ◽  
Register Analysis ◽  
Simple Sentences

While considerable research has been conducted on the register analysis of English language tertiary textbooks, relatively little is explored about the register analytical features of secondary textbooks. The purpose of the present pedagogically-driven study is to analyse the register of biology textbooks for secondary students from the point of view of English as a Second Language (ESL) teaching by describing the register of the biology corpus (BIOCOR) that 10th grade students need to process during their studies at a bilingual secondary school. The research reports on the characteristic linguistic features of the BIOCOR with regard to the complexity of the texts syntactic structure. The BIOCOR (consisting of 7,021 words) is compared to a reference corpus (REFCOR) of general English texts at a CEFR B2 level (comprising 7,098 words) by exploring the frequency of ten types of syntactic structures (simple, compound and complex sentences of various number of dependent and independent clauses). The results of the investigation disclose that syntactic simplicity is prevalent in the BIOCOR: simple sentences abound, complex sentences are used in a modest manner, while complex-compound sentences are hardly present in the corpus. The syntactic simplicity of the biology textbook can be regarded as one of the linguistic features revealing the non-academic but popularizing nature of the secondary textbook register.

scholarly journals FUNCTIONING OF ELLIPTICAL STRUCTURES IN ENGLISH SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL TEXTS

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (87) ◽  
Author(s):  
Maryna Hederym ◽  
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Nataliya Hlinka ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
English Language ◽  
Main Idea ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Communication Process ◽  
Sentence Structure ◽  
Linguistic Features ◽  
Scientific Texts ◽  
Theoretical Approaches ◽  
Functional Features ◽  
Characteristic Features

The article is devoted to the study of one of the most important issues in modern linguistics – the problem of elliptical sentences, namely their definition, classification, different approaches to the study of this phenomenon and functioning in English-language scientific and technical texts. One of the tasks of scientific text is the ability to convey a large amount of new information in a sufficiently limited amount of text. It is this that leads to syntactic compression (the use of an ellipse) in such texts. Syntactic compression, as we have mentioned, is one of the characteristics of the modern scientific style. Authors of scientific texts seek to reduce the amount of text by compression, while increasing its content. Ellipse is a multidimensional phenomenon in language that allows authors to make the communication process more productive by using language savings. The ellipse has an extremely large pragmatic potential in achieving an extralinguistic effect. The use of the ellipse as a means of linguistic economy in scientific and technical texts is especially appropriate because the characteristic features of scientific and technical style are its informativeness (content), logic (strict sequence, clear connection between the main idea and details), accuracy and objectivity. It is an effective way of unloading sentence matter and exempting it from meaningfully redundant or structurally redundant components that carry repetitive information, it is based on the principle of compactification of predicative units. From a stylistic point of view, the desire to save language means leads to the emergence of new constructions that enrich the language, make speech dynamic, expressive. The article considers pragmatic and linguistic features of the ellipse, its structural and functional features. The article traces an attempt to review and structure the main theoretical approaches to the interpretation of the concept of "ellipse", the study of functions that perform elliptical structures in sentence structure and analysis of functional features of elliptical structures in English scientific and technical texts.

scholarly journals Linguistic Features Differences in Arabic Textbooks Used at Islamic Schools in Malaysia

2021 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 151-169
Author(s):  
Kamarulzaman Abdul Ghani ◽  
Ahmad Sabri Noh ◽  
Nurul Iman Ahmad Bukhari
Keyword(s):  
Language Proficiency ◽  
Discourse Markers ◽  
Arabic Language ◽  
Sentence Length ◽  
School Level ◽  
Linguistic Features ◽  
Islamic Schools ◽  
Complex Sentences ◽  
Abstract Words ◽  
Simple Sentences

The dearth of studies that assess linguistic differences in Arabic textbooks is the motivation for the present study, which identified significant differences in the use of linguistic features in textbooks for different secondary school levels. The study analysed 315 samples of 100-word texts, randomly selected from 105 Arabic textbooks used at Islamic secondary schools in Malaysia. Seven linguistic features were analysed using descriptive and inferential analyses through one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA). The analysis showed a moderate use of simple sentences, complex sentences and noun sentences. However, the use of complex sentences was higher than that of simple sentences. There were a high number of common and frequent words used, but the use of abstract words was low. Conjunctions and discourse markers were used at moderate levels. ANOVA analysis showed significant differences in the use of complex sentences, common and frequent words, conjunctions and discourse markers, and sentence length averages. The study also found that long sentences are higher in frequency in Form 3 textbooks compared to those in Forms 4 and 5 textbooks. The current study suggests that the frequency of linguistic features should correspond to students’ needs by taking into their school level, Arabic language proficiency and subject content.

scholarly journals Syntactic characteristics of final etiquette formulas in the Russian epistolary of the 19th century

2021 ◽  
Vol IX(257) (75) ◽  
pp. 60-64
Author(s):  
A. Podopryhora
Keyword(s):  
19Th Century ◽  
Syntactic Structure ◽  
First Person ◽  
Complex Sentences ◽  
Different Types ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Simple Sentences ◽  
The 19Th Century

The syntactic structure of the final etiquette formulas in letters (FEF) is analyzed on the basis of the Russian epistolary of the 19th century. It is shown that FEF are diverse in structure, but they are often simple sentences. Typical for FEF is the inclusion of the addressee's self-nomination in the role of the subject; the use of verbs in the first person, indicating the addressee and implementing the textual category of dialogization. Also, FEF in letters are represented by complex sentences of different types, complex syntactic constructions, and overphrasal unities

scholarly journals Fiction – one register or two?

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 72-101 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jesse Egbert ◽  
Michaela Mahlberg
Keyword(s):  
Charles Dickens ◽  
Linguistic Features ◽  
Four Dimensions ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Register Variation ◽  
Situational Contexts ◽  
Reference Corpus ◽  
Narrative Prose ◽  
Register Studies ◽  
Register Analysis

Abstract In this paper our focus is on analyzing register variation within fiction, rather than between fiction and other registers. By working with subcorpora that separate text within and outside of quotation marks, we appromixate fictional speech and narration. This enables us to identify and compare linguistic features with regard to different situational contexts in the fictional world. We focus in particular on the novels of Charles Dickens and a reference corpus of other 19th-century fiction. Our main method for the register analysis is Multi-dimensional Analysis (MDA) for which we draw on altogether four dimensions from two previous MDAs. The linguistic distinctions we identify highlight similarities between fictional speech and involved registers such as face-to-face communication, and between narration and more informational and narrative prose. In addition to the detailed information on register features that characterize speech and narration, the paper raises more general questions about the ability of register studies to deal with situational contexts within fiction.

scholarly journals Naming formed Anthroponyms of Sweets Names in Syntactic Aspect

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (2) ◽  
pp. 77-86
Author(s):  
Natalia D. Osipova
Keyword(s):  
Syntactic Structure ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Fourth Group ◽  
The Third ◽  
Two Component ◽  
The One ◽  
Simple Sentences

The article characterizes the names of sweets, including anthroponyms, from the point of view of syntactic structure. Four groups of pragmatonyms are analyzed. The first group includes names that formally correspond to Russian anthroponymic formulas (one-, two- and three-component), which determines the novelty of the research. Among the one-component formulas, the formulas “Name” (full anthroponym) and “Surname” are highlighted. Within the framework of the subgroup of two-component formulas, the names built according to the models “First name + Middle Name” and “First name + Last name” have been studied. The nominations of this group in some cases reflect the imitation of the anthroponymic formula (with semantic digressions) as a result of the onimization process. The second group of pragmatonyms was made up of one-word anthroponyms in a hypocoristic or deminutive form. The third group is represented by phrases with a compositional and subordinate (on the basis of agreement, management and adherence) communication. Substantive combinations, including applications, are built on the basis of agreement. Combinations with two types of communication (compositional and subordinate) are classified. The fourth group includes pragmatonyms – sentences. Within the framework of this group, the names of sweets are considered, which are, in their structure, common and uncommon simple sentences.

scholarly journals The influence of modern marketing techniques on the stylistic and grammar representation of business and advertising utterances in English and their translation into Ukrainian

2021 ◽  
Vol IX(253) (45) ◽  
pp. 7-10
Author(s):  
N. Avramenko ◽  
T. V. Pyatnychka
Keyword(s):  
English Language ◽  
Syntactic Structure ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Psychological Concept ◽  
Speech Structures ◽  
Lexical Content ◽  
Business Correspondence

Abstract. This study examines how modern marketing technologies affect the lexical and syntactic presentation of the business and advertising utterances that are client-oriented and their translation into Ukrainian. In particular, it describes how such psychological concept as "You-attidude" determinates the lexical, grammatical and syntactic structure of statements used in the business style of communication. The analysis of speech structures, which function in various English-language messages of advertising, business sphere and business correspondence, are analysed from the point of view of their lexical content, syntactic structure and style,the translation of these statements into Ukrainian has been presented.

scholarly journals ENGLISH FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES: BRIEF HISTORY

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (11) ◽  
pp. 181-185
Author(s):  
Наталія Антоненко
Keyword(s):  
Study Skills ◽  
Cognitive Linguistics ◽  
English Language ◽  
International Communication ◽  
English For Specific Purposes ◽  
Professional Communication ◽  
Linguistic Features ◽  
Modern Times ◽  
Learning Centered ◽  
Register Analysis

Abstract. The paper describes the development of English for Specific Purposes, its linguistic features and role in modern linguistics. The beginning of the 21st century has been marked by speedy and great changes in various professional areas. These changes have seriously modified professional communication, particularly in terminology and vocabulary for special purposes. These changes created new challenges for professionals, including teachers of special-purpose language and communication instructors and called for a number of focused research based on historical estimation of the special purpose vocabulary in the second half of the twentieth century and until modern times. The article goes back to establishment of the term ESP within the framework of cognitive linguistics. With English becoming the lingua franca of international communication in all spheres, there arose a need for developing methods of teaching the English language that would meet modern demands. So ESP went through five approaches which are described in the article: register analysis, rhetorical or discourse analysis, target situation analysis, analysis of study skills and strategies and learning-centered approach. And it is still of great interest to researchers.

Tauchnitz for Translators. The Circulation of English-language Literature in Finland

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 161-179
Author(s):  
Outi Paloposki
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
English Language ◽  
Book History ◽  
Language Skills ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Book Production ◽  
German Publisher ◽  
Language Literature ◽  
Selection Of

The article looks at book production and circulation from the point of view of translators, who, as purchasers and readers of foreign-language books, are an important mediating force in the selection of literature for translation. Taking the German publisher Tauchnitz's series ‘Collection of British Authors’ and its circulation in Finland in the nineteenth and early twentieth century as a case in point, the article argues that the increased availability of English-language books facilitated the acquiring and honing of translators' language skills and gradually diminished the need for indirect translating. Book history and translation studies meet here in an examination of the role of the Collection in Finnish translators' work.

Means Of Reproduction Of Communicative Semantics In Synchronous Translation Of English-Language And Chinese-Language Economic And Political Texts In Ukrainian

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (27) ◽  
pp. 30-41
Author(s):  
Maryna Baklanova ◽  
Oleksandra Popova
Keyword(s):  
Key Words ◽  
English Language ◽  
Chinese Language ◽  
Time Frame ◽  
Contrastive Analysis ◽  
Linguistic Features ◽  
Simultaneous Translation

This article is devoted to the problem dealing with the reproduction of communicative semantics while translating English, Chinese economic and political texts into Ukrainian. The content and structure of simultaneous translation were analysed. A contrastive analysis of the linguistic features of the English, Chinese and Ukrainian communicative semantics was made. Some tactics enabling the reproduction of the texts under research into the Ukrainian language within simultaneous translation were specified. Key words: simultaneous translation, transformations, the Chinese language, the English language, the Ukrainian language, speech tempo, time frame.

The Analyses of Learning Strategies in English as a Second Language: Theoretical Classification and Measurement Test

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 118-129
Author(s):  
Asti Gumartifa ◽  
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Indah Windra Dwie Agustiani
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
English Learners ◽  
English Language ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Effective Learning ◽  
The Impact

Gaining English language learning effectively has been discussed all years long. Similarly, Learners have various troubles outcomes in the learning process. Creating a joyful and comfortable situation must be considered by learners. Thus, the implementation of effective learning strategies is certainly necessary for English learners. This descriptive study has two purposes: first, to introduce the classification and characterization of learning strategies such as; memory, cognitive, metacognitive, compensation, social, and affective strategies that are used by learners in the classroom and second, it provides some questionnaires item based on Strategy of Inventory for Language Learning (SILL) version 5.0 that can be used to examine the frequency of students’ learning strategies in the learning process. The summary of this study explains and discusses the researchers’ point of view on the impact of learning outcomes by learning strategies used. Finally, utilizing appropriate learning strategies are certainly beneficial for both teachers and learners to achieve the learning target effectively.

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