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The scientific and technical language.

It uses General & Common means

It is conventional

There are agreements between the users

It expresses one general meaning and idea

It is stable in its vocabulary

It is Precise

A definition of a word is never used to refer to another one.

It avoids ambiguity

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The grammatical and semantic characteristics of a scientific language

It has a sintaxis

It has a structure

Linguistic functions

Scientific vocabulary

It has a morphology

• Metalinguistic function

• Nouns, prefixes, suffixes.
• Adjectives
• Verbs

• There is a linguistic economy of words

• Title
• Subtitle
• Introduction
• Body
• Demonstration
• conclusion

• There are abundant greek and latin words.
• Neologisms
• Acronyms

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Types of text

Narrative

Descriptive

It presents an objetc or a person. It has three processes: 1. Observation2. Point of view selection 3. Presentation

It is characterized by the movement and development of events

Mix Texts: Exposition with Argumentative text in essays

Exposition

Argumentative

It offers an explanation of a topic in a clear and organized way.

Its goal is to convince, through a persuasive speech., in order to influence thoughts or behaviours

There are two types: divulgative and especialized text.

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Parts of speech

In the English language, words can be considered as the smallest elements that have distinctive meanings. Based on their use and functions, words are categorized into several types or parts of speech.

PREPOSITIONS

NOUNS

VERBS (actions)

PRONOUNS

ADJECTIVES

INTERJECTIONS

CONJUNCTIONS

ADVERBS

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Information taken from: www.partsofspeech.org

Vocabulary: parts of the body

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Vocabulary: parts of the body

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Vocabulary: parts of the body

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