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Title: | Comparison between grammatical metaphors across registers in geoengineering |
Authors: | Wong, See Wah Rebecca (黃思樺) |
Department: | Department of Linguistics and Translation |
Issue Date: | 2017 |
Course: | LT6581 Project |
Programme: | Master of Arts in Language Studies |
Supervisor: | Prof. Webster, Jonathan |
Citation: | Wong, S. W. R. (2017). Comparison between grammatical metaphors across registers in geoengineering (Outstanding Academic Papers by Students (OAPS), City University of Hong Kong). |
Abstract: | The scientific texts, specifically scientific discourse, commonly present the sense of prerogative of an elite, which belongs to scientists and experts who specialize in the field. Learners and the general public feel alienated and excluded from this technical jargon. This paper deliberately compares four texts under the same topic – Geoengineering – in different modes (spoken and written), level of formality and specificity. In analyzing the language: its grammar (grammatical patterns) and vocabulary (nominalizations and grammatical metaphors), complicated scientific information in disguise would reveal implicitly its details of the formality and specificity. |
Appears in Collections: | OAPS - Dept. of Linguistics and Translation |
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