#3619. Proscribed informality features in published research: A corpus analysis

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Abstract:
Some linguistic features are proscribed in academic writing as they are considered too informal. From a descriptive perspective, the extent to which academic writers follow popular proscriptions is an empirical question. Previous research may have included quotes in frequency counts. The findings show that academic writers tend to avoid many of the proscribed informality features, but some features such as initial conjunctions and conjunctive adverbs, first-person pronouns, and unattended references have higher frequency rates, which corroborates the findings of previous research.
Keywords:
Author variation; Diachronic change; Disciplinary variation; Informality; Proscription

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