The guidelines to standardize language in scientific publications have become markedly observable in different journals and associations. There is a demand to avoid using complex syntax and undesirable grammar structures, such as passive voice. It is shown in the paper that passive voice has not only right for existence but is a prerequisite of scientific argumentation and exposition being a category of abstract thinking.
Translated title of the contributionWHAT IS WRONG WITH PASSIVE VOICE IN ACADEMIC COMMUNICATION: THE CHANGE OF NORMS?
Original languageRussian
Pages (from-to)710-713
JournalКогнитивные исследования языка
Issue number30
StatePublished - 2017

    Research areas

  • PASSIVE VOICE, ACADEMIC COMMUNICATION, SENTENCE WORD ORDER, INFORMATION FLOW, MODI OF THINKING

    Scopus subject areas

  • Arts and Humanities(all)

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