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Academics seem prone to what Language Log terms "nerdview", the baffling but usually implicit assumption that lay audiences are intimately familiar with the ter
by grabcocque 10y ago
Academics seem prone to what Language Log terms "nerdview", the baffling but usually implicit assumption that lay audiences are intimately familiar with the terminology, idioms and house style of your academic niche.
http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=4509 http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=4509
- veddox 10y agoAbsolutely. Surround yourself daily with people using the same language as you, and you begin to forget that the language your group uses is not the language most other people use.
- wolfgke 10y agoAcademics rather have the implicit assumption that the readers arewilling to learn about the words that they are unfamiliar with on their own.