Academese

Academese is the unnecessary use of jargon in academia, particularly in academic writing in humanities; it is contrasted with plain language.[1]: 1 [2][3]: 29 [4][5]: 73–75  The term is often but not always pejorative, and occasionally can be used to refer to complex but necessary terminology.[5]: 69–72 [6] Critics of academese argue that it usually creates unnecessary difficulty in communication, with the harshest critics arguing this is intentional with writers aiming to impress the readers and hide the fact that they are not saying anything of substance.[3]: 6 [1]: 1 [5]: 73–74 

  1. ^ a b Biber, Douglas; Gray, Bethany (2016). Grammatical Complexity in Academic English: Linguistic Change in Writing. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-107-00926-4.
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  3. ^ a b Lockhart, Heather (2015). "Academia, Here I Come!" : Plain Language and Academese in the Postsecondary Academy (MA thesis). Montclair State University.
  4. ^ Pinker, Steven (26 September 2014). "Why Academics Stink at Writing". www.chronicle.com. Archived from the original on 2020-09-04. Retrieved 2021-09-01.
  5. ^ a b c Mey, Jacob (1985). Whose Language?: A Study in Linguistic Pragmatics. John Benjamins Publishing. pp. 71–77. ISBN 978-90-272-5004-9.
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