Academic English from a Diachronic Perspective

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Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Academic English from a Diachronic Perspective
Original language description
This paper examines changes in sentence complexity and syntactic functions of clauses that have occurred in academic texts over a hundred-year time span. Every finite and non-finite clause can carry out one of four syntactic functions in sentences: 1) Itcan substitute for clause elements commonly expressed by noun phrases; 2) It can be used instead of adverbials; 3) It can further develop noun phrases; 4) It can be used as a comment clause. The findings indicate that sentences in current academic prosein contrast to sentences in academic prose written a hundred years ago are shorter in terms of the number of words and number of clauses. They show a tendency towards a non-finite mode of expression resulting in stronger syntactic condensation. Moreover, they display growing intellectual complexity and more apparent straightforwardness with reference to hypotaxis - parataxis relationships and sentence structure.
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Publication year
2013
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Book/collection name
English for Academic Purposes: Practical and Theoretical Approaches
ISBN
9783954045822
Number of pages of the result
18
Pages from-to
95 - 112
Number of pages of the book
200
Publisher name
Cuvillier Verlag
Place of publication
Göttingen
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