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1、Unit3LinguisticCharacteristicsofAcademicWritingI.GeneralLinguisticCharacteristicsofAcademicWriting1.Theauthor’svoicetendstobeobjectiveandneutral.Theauthorialvoiceinatypicalacademicpapertendstobeneutral,objective,andunemotionalbecauseitsprimarypurposeistoappealtotheintellectofthereaders,ortog
2、ainreaders’intellectualagreementratherthantomoveorwinthememotionally.Thus,writersofacademicpapersusuallyrefrainfromusingcolorfultermstoadd“flavor”or“spice”totheprose.However,thisdoesnotmeanthattheacademicpapershouldbestuffyordull.2.Thestyletendstobeformal.Sinceanacademicpaperiswrittenforprof
3、essionalsinthesamefieldandinmanycasesintendedforpublicationinprofessionaloracademicperiodicals,andthepurposeistopresentaccurateinformation,itsstyletendstobeformal.Theformalityisachievedthroughitsdiction,sentencestructure,andformat.Ofcourse,thelevelofformalityofagivenpaperdependsonitssubject,
4、audience,purpose,andotherrelevantfactorsintherhetoricalcontext.3.appropriatedictionTherhetoricalcontextoftheacademicpaperdeterminesthatitsdictionshouldbebothpreciseandappropriate.Informalexpressions(colloquialismsandslangexpressions)areusuallyfrowneduponasbeingunprofessionalandoutofplaceinac
5、ademicwritings.However,writersofacademicpaperssometimesaretemptedtogototheotherextremeandbecomepompous.Simplerexpressions,aslongastheyareappropriate,canbejustasaccurateandevenmoreforcefulandreadable.4.ModeratelycomplexsentencesSentencestructuresfortheacademicpapertendstobecomplexbecausecompl
6、exideasdemandcomplexsentencestoexpressthemclearlyandaccurately.Stringsofshortandsimplesentenceswillgivereadersanunfavorableimpressionoflackofintellectualmaturity.Ontheotherhand,wordy,tangledandexcessivelyleadensentencesareunwelcomebecausetheyhinderunderstanding,obscuremeaning,anddonotserveth
7、epurposeofaresearchreport.5.NeatappearanceandformatAnacademicpapershouldhaveanaestheticallypleasingappearance:typewrittenorprintedongood-qualitywhitepaper,freefromerrors,andclear,witheasy-to-readdiagrams,figures,andtables.Itshouldbecorrectevendownt
