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Language problems in grant applications

The language of science a view from the other side Marina Pantcheva Language advisor HSL | University of Troms ø. Language problems in grant applications. Successful grant applications have fewer language problems. 1 Do knot trust the spell Czech.

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Language problems in grant applications

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  1. The language of sciencea view from the other sideMarina PantchevaLanguage advisorHSL | University of Tromsø

  2. Language problems in grant applications

  3. Successful grant applications have fewer language problems

  4. 1 Do knot trust the spell Czech

  5. More than one of 10 bachelor students plan to enrol in research training program. Less then two of 100 want still to continue with they’re research short after they are ready whit the Master’s thesis, because they have bean unsatisfied with the field, which they have chosen.

  6. More than one of 10 bachelor students plan to enrol in research training program. Less then two of 100 want still to continue with they’re research short after they are ready whit the Master’s thesis, because they have bean unsatisfied with the field, which they have chosen. 18 mistakes not wrong

  7. 2 Write in plain English

  8. Plain English makes authors appear smarter 1580 scientists two texts same facts same order same five terms • 69,5 % preferred this • Text: • more credible • more stimulating • more interesting • Author: • more competent • with better organized mind Plain English Scientific English Turk and Kirkman(pp. 14-16, 1989)

  9. 3 Keep the sentence short

  10. Recommendedsentencelength: max25words applications HSL accepted applications applications CASTL 26 words per sentence 29words per sentence 21,5words per sentence

  11. 4 Leave white space

  12. Background for the study Deaf people communicate with two hands. Hearing people communicate with only one mouth. What are the implications of this difference for our view of human language? The proposed research aims to approach this issue by addressing concrete questions, using innovative methods. Primary and secondary objectives This proposal focuses on three questions that target different components in Dutch Sign Language. • What kind of information does the 'other' hand contribute to communication? • What is the role of the ‘other’ hand in marking smaller units within a sentence? • What are the articulatory activities of the 'other' hand when it does not function to express linguistic information? To answer these questions, the most recent technical possibilities will be employed. Our corpus of NGT, one of the first and largest digital sign language corpora in the world, will serve as a basic resource for addressing all questions. Secondly, recent measurement techniques enable quantitative articulatory studies.
An answer to these questions will help us understand to what extent the differences observed between spoken and signed languages are fundamental, or whether they reveal common aspects of our human communicative capacity. We know that deaf people do not utter two different sentences at the same time (one with the left and one with the right hand), but there are indications that from below the level of single signs up to the structuring of discourse, the two hands contribute to communication in a fashion not be paralleled in spoken languages. The two hands can be mere copies of each other both in form and function, but there is always one dominant hand. Background for the study Deaf people communicate with two hands. Hearing people communicate with only one mouth. What are the implications of this difference for our view of human language? The proposed research aims to approach this issue by addressing concrete questions, using innovative methods.
 Primary and secondary objectives This proposal focuses on three questions that target different components in Dutch Sign Language. • What kind of information does the 'other' hand contribute to communication? • What is the role of the ‘other’ hand in marking smaller units within a sentence? • What are the articulatory activities of the 'other' hand when it does not function to express linguistic information? To answer these questions, the most recent technical possibilities will be employed… word spacing line spacing > word spacing, 120% font size in running text

  13. non-serif font in headings, 130% font size Background for the study Deaf people communicate with two hands. Hearing people communicate with only one mouth. What are the implications of this difference for our view of human language? The proposed research aims to approach this issue by addressing concrete questions, using innovative methods.
 Primary and secondary objectives This proposal focuses on three questions that target different components in Dutch Sign Language. • What kind of information does the 'other' hand contribute to communication? • What is the role of the ‘other’ hand in marking smaller units within a sentence? • What are the articulatory activities of the 'other' hand when it does not function to express linguistic information? To answer these questions, the most recent technical possibilities will be employed… serif font in runningtext flush left whitespacearound headings boldface for emphasis

  14. non-serif font in headings, 130% font size Background for the study Deaf people communicate with two hands. Hearing people communicate with only one mouth. What are the implications of this difference for our view of human language? The proposed research aims to approach this issue by addressing concrete questions, using innovative methods.
 Primary and secondary objectives This proposal focuses on three questions that target different components in Dutch Sign Language. • What kind of information does the 'other' hand contribute to communication? • What is the role of the ‘other’ hand in marking smaller units within a sentence? • What are the articulatory activities of the 'other' hand when it does not function to express linguistic information? To answer these questions, the most recent technical possibilities will be employed… serif font in runningtext flush left whitespacearound headings boldface for emphasis

  15. non-serif font in headings, 130% font size Background for the study Deaf people communicate with two hands. Hearing people communicate with only one mouth. What are the implications of this difference for our view of human language? The proposed research aims to approach this issue by addressing concrete questions, using innovative methods.
 Primary and secondary objectives This proposal focuses on three questions that target different components in Dutch Sign Language. • What kind of information does the 'other' hand contribute to communication? • What is the role of the ‘other’ hand in marking smaller units within a sentence? • What are the articulatory activities of the 'other' hand when it does not function to express linguistic information? To answer these questions, the most recent technical possibilities will be employed… serif font in runningtext flush left whitespacearound headings boldface for emphasis

  16. 5 Ask others to read your text

  17. Reading list Clark, S and G Pointon (2011) Words—A User’s Guide. Harlow: Longman Cutts, M (1995) Oxford Guide to Plain English. Oxford University Press. European Commission How to Write Clearly. http://ec.europa.eu/translation. Greene, A E. (2013) Writing Science in Plain English. University of Chicago Press. Strunk, W and E. B. White (1918) The Elements of Style. Longman. Swan, M (1993) Practical English Usage. Oxford University Press. Turk, C and J Kirkman (1989) Effective Writing. London:E. & F.N. Spon

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