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Book: Writing Readable Research

Chapter: What Are the Constraints in Scientific Writing?

DOI: 10.1558/equinox.24186

Blurb:

Scientific writing is very ‘bounded’ (constrained) by layers of rules and conventions that must be observed in order for the text to be publishable. This chapter discusses these rules and conventions:
Topics covered:
Register; Style; Textual Cohesion; Social Realities and Conventions; Genre; Medium; Field; Rhetoric; Where Do these Constraints Come From; Putting It Together

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