Wednesday 16 September 2009
An Academic Text
An academic text is a text that has to include or contain some basic and standard structure. Firstly, it has to use an uncomplicated vocabulary that doesn’t include metaphors or subjective meanings. However we talk about uncomplicated vocabulary, we are referring to the common words used by a specific audience in its context (E.g. musician, scientists, etc.); it doesn’t matter if it could be considered a complicated discipline or language. Secondly, academic text is classified according to the emphasis of the writing. The most common classifications are: narrations, descriptions, argumentations, etc. Finally, this kind of text includes a basic structure: an introduction, development and a conclusion.
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ReplyDeleteThe overall structure of your text is correct. Good grammar and punctuation. Though I do not completely agree with the idea of uncomplicated language, only in some academic texts is uncomplicated language used. In fact many of the texts we read, linguistics being an example, use a vocabulary that is very complicated. It is important that this type of language be used, given the fact that it contributes to the enrichment of our lexicon.
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