文本可读性研究对学术英语写作教学至关重要,不仅关乎学术知识、思想理论的传播与交流,还是衡量学术论文写作质量的重要指标之一。鉴于文本可读性受词汇和句法难度的影响较大,本文将着重探讨词汇复杂性和句法复杂度与学术论文文本可读性的直接关系,并为学术英语写作教学提出适时性建议。 Text Readability research is very important for the teaching of academic English writing. It is not only related to the spreading and communication of academic knowledge and theories, but also one of the vital indicators to measure the writing proficiency of academic paper. Since lexical and syntactic complexity has a great influence on text readability, this paper will focus on the direct relationship between the former and the latter, and propose instructive suggestions for the teaching of academic English writing.
文本可读性,词汇复杂性,句法复杂度,学术英语写作, Text Readability
Lexical Complexity
Syntactic Complexity
Academic English Writing
文本可读性与学术论文写作教学<sup> </sup>
张璐璐,李晶洁. 文本可读性与学术论文写作教学Text Readability and Teaching of Academic Paper Writing[J]. 现代语言学, 2019, 07(04): 570-576. https://doi.org/10.12677/ML.2019.74076
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