Field specific vocabulary

 

 

Using the correct vocabulary is essential in academic writing. When writing persuasive pieces it is important to use persuasive language. Yet in research reports more scientific and academic language will be needed. Is the vocabulary used the correct choice for the task at hand? It will need to include abstract wording and wording specific for the field of study.

Doing academic reading around the topic area will help to highlight some specific technical terms within the field. Refer to extract 2.1
e.g.  In biology when talking about the structure of the body, you would not call it the structure of the body but would refer to it as the anatomy of the body.

 

 

Extract 2:

There are three main psychological theories that examine humour, its comic nature and its quantifiable elements, insofar to say each theory proposes a different hypothesis to why we laugh. Most prevalent amongst these is the incongruity theory (Berger, 1994; Clark, 1970; Curco, 1996; Meyer, 2000 & Rutter, 1997).1 Schopenhauer’s interpretation of incongruity (2010) furthers Kant (2007) and is the most widely accepted theoretical basis for contemporary research on humour.2 Perhaps most important to denote in this theory is how recognition and understanding multiple sets of scripts and roles contribute to the presentation of the joke and the falseness  of the narrative congruence3, thus leading to the difference in expectation and the surprise effect (Shurcliff, 1968). This highlights a link that shows how a cognitive understanding of semantics (Giora, 1991; Grice 1975) can, in this sense lead to a better understanding of humour as a concept. Moreover, it could be suggested that the form of incongruence theory shares commonalities with the form of a joke, wherein there is a setup, expectation and twist; advocating evidence for why incongruence is the most popular humour theory.4