The Text-Organizing Function of Compression in English Scientific Discourse

Authors

  • Astghik Chubaryan English Philology Department, Yerevan State University
  • Lilit Sargsyan English Philology Department, Yerevan State University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46991/AFA/2016.12.2.015

Keywords:

linguistic economy, compression, implicitness, informativity, pragmatic universe of discourse, principle of pragmatic sufficiency, metaphor

Abstract

English scientific discourse can be characterized as a key area of the economy principle realization in the form of text compression. The latter carries out a major text-organizing function due to its potential to form implicit meanings and presuppositions thereby minimizing the use of linguistic units while enhancing the informativity of the text. Thus, the given paper is an attempt to provide a general overview of the role of compression in the production of scientific discourse by examining its concrete manifestations at the syntactic and semantic-cognitive levels in the light of some key pragmatic parameters of communication.

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Published

2016-10-17

How to Cite

Chubaryan, A., & Sargsyan, L. (2016). The Text-Organizing Function of Compression in English Scientific Discourse. Armenian Folia Anglistika, 12(2 (16), 15–26. https://doi.org/10.46991/AFA/2016.12.2.015

Issue

Vol. 12 No. 2 (16) (2016)

Section

Linguistics

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