Examining present tense conventions in scientific writing in the light of reader reactions to three Dutch-authored discussions  

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Burrough-Boenisch, Joy

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: English for Specific Purposes (Full Text) vol. 22 no. 1 (2003), page 5-24.
Fulltext: 22_01_Burrough-Boenisch.pdf (219.07KB)

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Perpustakaan PKBB Nomor Panggil: 405/ESP/22 Non-tandon: tidak ada Tandon: 1

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In scientific English it is conventional for present tense to signal general truth (scientific universality); the past tense is then used to report the author's own research actions and findings. Both NS and NNS scientific English may, however, depart from the present tense convention - for different reasons. Data collected from a reception study in which 45 readers from eight countries evaluated and annotated the same three Discussion sections written by Dutch biologists (but not yet corrected by an NS) form the basis for a discussion of these reasons. The NNSs' competence in English, mother tongue interference and non-anglophone tense conventions for reporting past events are dealt with. The readers' responses to the preponderance of present tense in the texts appeared to be inconsistent. Possible reasons for this are suggested and the implications of the findings for writers, teachers, editors and reviewers are discussed. @ 2002 Published by Elsevier Science Ltd on behalf of The American University.

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