堂々とした散文の伝染性

M W Gregory¹

¹British Veterinary Project, Republic of Yemen.

Nature

|November 5, 1992

まとめ

科学者は,シンプルな言語の繰り返し呼び出しにもかかわらず,はっきりと書くことに苦労しています. この研究は,科学的執筆が複雑であり,多くの読者にとってアクセシブルでない理由を探求しています.

科学分野:

科学的コミュニケーション科学的コミュニケーション
言語学言語学とは
学術出版は学術的な出版である.

背景:

何世紀にもわたって,科学界は,出版物において単純な言語を採用するよう多数の要請を受けてきた.
こうした絶え間ない訴求にもかかわらず,科学的著作はしばしば複雑で理解が難しいままである.

研究の目的:

科学的執筆におけるシンプルな言語の要求の無効性の背後にある理由を調査する.
科学者がよりアクセシブルな文章を採用することを妨げている障壁を特定する.

主な方法:

歴史的科学文献とコミュニケーションの動向の分析.
科学的執筆に対する教育的アプローチのレビュー.
出版業界の基準とインセンティブの検討.

主要な成果:

ジャーゴンや複雑な文構造の持続的な使用は,明確さを妨げます.
訓練の欠如と科学者がシンプルな言語を優先させるためのインセンティブの欠如.
出版の規範は,しばしばアクセシビリティよりもテクニカル性を好む.

結論:

シンプルな言語の主張の無効性は,深く根付いた学術的規範と体系的な支持の欠如から生じる.
読み取れない文章を克服するには,トレーニング,インセンティブ,出版慣行に関する多面的なアプローチが必要です.

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