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Some linguistic and pragmatic considerations affecting science reporting in English by non-native speakers of the language
Approximately 50% of publications in English peer reviewed journals are contributed by non-native speakers (NNS) of the language. Basic thought processes are considered to be universal yet there are differences in thought patterns and particularly in discourse management of writers with different li...
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Slovak Toxicology Society SETOX
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3485662/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23118596 http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/v10102-012-0018-1 |
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author | Kourilova-Urbanczik, Magda |
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description | Approximately 50% of publications in English peer reviewed journals are contributed by non-native speakers (NNS) of the language. Basic thought processes are considered to be universal yet there are differences in thought patterns and particularly in discourse management of writers with different linguistic and cultural backgrounds. The study highlights some areas of potential incompatibility in native and NNS processing of English scientific papers. Principles and conventions in generating academic discourse are considered in terms of frequently occurring failures of NNS to meet expectations of editors, reviewers, and readers. Major problem areas concern organization and flow of information, principles of cohesion and clarity, cultural constraints, especially those of politeness and negotiability of ideas, and the complicated area of English modality pragmatics. The aim of the paper is to sensitize NN authors of English academic reports to problem areas of discourse processing which are stumbling blocks, often affecting acceptance of manuscripts. The problems discussed are essential for acquiring pragmalinguistic and sociocultural competence in producing effective communication. |
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spelling | pubmed-34856622012-11-01 Some linguistic and pragmatic considerations affecting science reporting in English by non-native speakers of the language Kourilova-Urbanczik, Magda Interdiscip Toxicol Letter to the Editor Approximately 50% of publications in English peer reviewed journals are contributed by non-native speakers (NNS) of the language. Basic thought processes are considered to be universal yet there are differences in thought patterns and particularly in discourse management of writers with different linguistic and cultural backgrounds. The study highlights some areas of potential incompatibility in native and NNS processing of English scientific papers. Principles and conventions in generating academic discourse are considered in terms of frequently occurring failures of NNS to meet expectations of editors, reviewers, and readers. Major problem areas concern organization and flow of information, principles of cohesion and clarity, cultural constraints, especially those of politeness and negotiability of ideas, and the complicated area of English modality pragmatics. The aim of the paper is to sensitize NN authors of English academic reports to problem areas of discourse processing which are stumbling blocks, often affecting acceptance of manuscripts. The problems discussed are essential for acquiring pragmalinguistic and sociocultural competence in producing effective communication. Slovak Toxicology Society SETOX 2012-06 2012-06 /pmc/articles/PMC3485662/ /pubmed/23118596 http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/v10102-012-0018-1 Text en Copyright © 2012 Slovak Toxicology Society SETOX http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Letter to the Editor Kourilova-Urbanczik, Magda Some linguistic and pragmatic considerations affecting science reporting in English by non-native speakers of the language |
title | Some linguistic and pragmatic considerations affecting science reporting in English by non-native speakers of the language |
title_full | Some linguistic and pragmatic considerations affecting science reporting in English by non-native speakers of the language |
title_fullStr | Some linguistic and pragmatic considerations affecting science reporting in English by non-native speakers of the language |
title_full_unstemmed | Some linguistic and pragmatic considerations affecting science reporting in English by non-native speakers of the language |
title_short | Some linguistic and pragmatic considerations affecting science reporting in English by non-native speakers of the language |
title_sort | some linguistic and pragmatic considerations affecting science reporting in english by non-native speakers of the language |
topic | Letter to the Editor |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3485662/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23118596 http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/v10102-012-0018-1 |
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