Scientific discourse

Weiyu Zhang; Guangwei Hu

doi:10.1016/B978-0-323-95504-1.01566-0

Scientific discourse

Weiyu Zhang
, Guangwei Hu

Department of English and Communication

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This chapter addresses scientific discourse from the perspective of genre analysis and offers an overview of its key established and emerging genres, including research articles, theses/dissertations, literature reviews of various types, lay summaries, graphical abstracts, science podcasts, among others. Drawing on existing research literature, it presents salient linguistic features and typical structural patterns of these scientific genres.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	International encyclopedia of language and linguistics
Editors	Hilary Nesi, Peter Milin
Pages	506-511
Number of pages	6
Volume	7
Edition	3rd
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-95504-1.01566-0
Publication status	Published - Jun 2026

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