ProfessionalEnglishAbstractWriting2Outline1.Generalfunctionsofabstract2.Linguisticfeaturesofabstract3.Writingrequirementforabstract4.5stepsforabstractwriting5.5Astrategy6.Likelymistakes/commonerrors1.GeneralFunctionsofAbstract34Thesucessfulcirculationofaprofessionalpaperdependstoagreatextentonitsabstract.Asamatteroffact,theabstractisusuallyregardedasthemostimportantcomponentofaprofessionalpaperowningtoitsuniquefunctions.51.MiniaturizingtheTextIsacondensedstatementofcontentsofapaper.Viewedasamini-versionorminiatureofthedocument,summarizingthecontentofthemainbody.Awell-preparedabstract,whichservesasausefultoolinsearchingforinformation,enablesreaderstoidentifythebasiccontentofadocumentmorequicklyandconveniently,todetermingitsrelevancetotheirinterest,andfinallytodecidewhethertheyneedtoreadthewholedocument.62.Deciding“Yes”or“No”Itmaydirectlyinfluencethepaper’sacceptancetoalearnedjournal:therevieweroreditormaybeperilouslyclosetoafinaljudgementofmanuscriptafterreadingtheabstractalone.Manyinternationalconferencesponsorsjustreviewtheabstractandmakethedecisionwithoutreferrngtothewholetext.Thesubmittedandacceptedabstractsalsoserveasanimportantguidefortheconferenceparticipantstodeterminewhichsessiontheyaregoingtoattend.Agoodabstractshouldattractaudiencesandpromotethoroughdiscussionontherelevantsubject.73.ExpandingthecirculationAnabstractusuallyprecedesthewholepaperandappearsseparetely.Itmayberecorded,sometimesverbatim[vɚˈbetɪm](逐字翻译),byvariousabstractingservicesthatpublishreferencevuolumesusedforliteraturesearching,e.g.Scienceabstract,Engineeringabstracts,Linguisticsabstract,etc.Itwillbemorewidelyreadthanthedocumentitself.Itcanbecirculatedmuchwiderandfartherthanthepaperitself,thusproducingwideranddeeperacademicinfluencethanthefulltextofthepaper.Tosumup,asa“micro-literature”,Itframesthewriter’sideasforthosewhoarebeginningtoreadhispaper.Itidentifiesthewriter’scontributionforthosewhoareusinganinformation-retrieval(检索)service.892.Linguistics...