Julia Molinari, "What Makes Writing Academic: Rethinking Theory for Practice" (Bloomsbury, 2022)
Scholarly Communication
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Jargon Matters in Academic Writing
When the going gets tough, when the thinking really needs to apply itself to the subject matter, the jargon ramps up. I think that's the key bit though, what you just sa i'e. There are no blanket rules as to whether you do or you don't use the jargon. It is absolutely owhat your purpose is in using it. Whole heartedly. You might be at the point where you have to be creating new concepts and applying new labels. But sometimes it is necessary a, you know, anna, i'm referring to those two words in particular because, again, in the book, i kind of get that terminology out of the way with at the very beginning
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