Hedging, Weasel Words, and Truthiness in Scientific Writing

Plagiarism in scientific writing: words or ideas?

Plagiarism refers to the act of “appropriation of another person’s ideas, processes, results, or words without giving appropriate credit” (1). Most academic researchers reach a consensus that plagiarism is a serious breach of publication ethics (2). Plagiarism has different forms but can be categorized into two general distinct categories – plagiarism of ideas and plagiarism of text (verbatim)....

Weasel Words, Genetic Algorithms and Coarse Acknowledgements

The ‘weasel words’ example by Richard Dawkins is based on a simple genetic algorithm and is aimed at demonstrating the likelihood of evolution due to natural selection and mutations. The algorithm rewards fine changes in single letters of a random sequence towards the desired phrase. Many traits in living things, however, exhibit irreducible complexities, which make fine changes such as substit...

The Frequency of Hedging Cues in Citation Contexts in Scientific Writing

efl learners collocational knowledge in writing and translation

این مطالعه به بررسی دانش همنشین های دانشجویان زبان انگلیسی فارسی زبان می پردازد. در ابتدا، ارتباط یین دانش عمومی زبان و دانش همنشین های زبان آموزان مورد بررسی قرار می گیرد. دومین هدف این مطالعه بررسی استراتژیهای مورد استفاده در ترجمه همنشین های انگلیسی به فارسی است. در نهایت، خطا های زبان آموزان در تولید و درک همنشین ها مورد آنالیز و بررسی قرار می گیرد. دویست و بیست هفت دانشجوی زبان در این مطال...

Patti Loesche / Psychology Writing Center April 2, 2009 MISUSE OF WORDS IN SCIENTIFIC WRITING: JARGON AND CIRCUMLOCUTIONS