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 use of indefinite constructions instead of affirm-

and in global scientific discourse. To strengthen the ative ones (modal verbs: may /might; verbs: seem to /

position of the English language as the main means of appear; adverbs: possibly / probably; etc.);

information exchange in the modern world, as well as in

 use of the passive voice as impersonal construc-

the scientific field, several factors work - political, cul-tions (some facts should be imposed..., etc.).

tural, economic, etc.

3) rating (tendency to more use of nouns in compar-

The functional specifics of the English-language

ison with the verbal parts of speech);

scientific discourse are effectively studied in the works 4) connectivity (lexical and grammatical relation-of many Russian and foreign linguists. Thus, E.

ships) [5]:

Koyalan and S. Mumford in their works emphasize that

 reference (pronouns replacing or pointing to

writing academic articles in English for non-native

other words or parts of the text);

speakers of this language culture can be particularly

 ellipsis (omission of a word or phrase under-

difficult due to serious differences in the traditions of stood from the context);

scientific thought design[1].



D. Bieber and B. Gray, who are also involved in the

Substitution (replacing a word or an entire

development of this problem, refute complex stereo-

phrase with a language unit similar in meaning);



types and the prevalence of structures in the RussianUnion connection (unions serve not only to con-

language scientific discourse and emphasize the preva-

nect the relative clause with the main, but also indicate

lence of concise structures, for example, phrases with a

the type of connection);

nominative structure. They believe that “scientific prose

lexical coherence (the use of synonyms and words

that are close in meaning, as well as generalization and

concretization);

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 objectivity (impersonal manner of presentation

and the scientific style at the scientific level of generali-of the material);

zation. At the same time, the style of scientific discourse

 hedging (mitigation of the response, hidden ex-

is meaningfully aimed at identifying the semantic struc-

pression of the author’s opinion) through:

ture of the multidimensional space of scientific speech,

• modal verbs expressing probability, resolution,

determining units of analysis of the semantic structure ability (can, might), necessity, obligation (had better, of a scientific text, and also analyzing the language of have to, ought to), prediction, will (would, shall);

design and presentation of scientific knowledge.

• adverbs expressing certainty (certainly, in fact),

Certainty and clarity in the scientific discourse is

probability (apparently, perhaps, possibly), attitude

obtained by using the terms that arise carriers and cus-

(amazingly, surprisingly), approach (according to, gen-

todians of certain information in the field of scientific erally, typically);

communication[8].

• pointers of many (all, most, many, some, certain,

Perfect verbs are rarely used, often in steady turns etc.);

(we prove, we consider ...; what ...; we will do conclu-

• complex sentences using verbs expressing the re-

sions; we will show by examples, etc.). Such forms of lation (It appears that, It might be suggested that ...), the verb are used without the subject, are used to call the

adjectives expressing the relation (It may be possible to

interlocutor for joint action and sounds with a kind of obtain ...), nouns expressing the relation (It could be the

incentive intonation, and in this regard they are often case that ...);

perceived as special forms of imperative mood, for ex-5) limited expressivity:

ample: we will study; we will check; we will consider;

 emotionally expressive adjective (outstanding,

we will prove it. Texts functioning in scientific dis-etc.);

course are characterized by the use of reflexive verbs

 forms of superlative adjectives (the most dan-

(with suffix - “ся”), which mean either action as a hall-gerous place, etc.);

mark of an object, or its permanent property, for exam-

 adverbs, introductory words, reinforcing and re-

ple: to remain. The generalized character of the texts of

strictive particles, discursive markers (entirely, highly, the scientific style is also expressed in the originality of relatively, significantly, etc.);

the category of person. In scientific speech, usually the

 "problematic" questions that draw the reader's pronouns of the 1st and 2nd person are not used (I, you),

attention (What can be done in this case?)[6].

possessive possessions (mine, yours), forms 1 and 2 of The above features indicate that the English-the singular of the verb, indicating that the action is car-