The style of official documents

Morphological Syntactical Compositional

features features features

terminological word complete & standard types of texts compositionally

building & word-derivation syntactical mode of expression depend on the scientific genre

restricted use of finite syntactical precision highly formalized text

verb forms In technical texts
formulae, tables, diagrams
direct word order
'the author's we' instead of I
concise commentary phrases
lengthy sentences with
impersonal constructions subordinate clauses
descriptive narration In humanitarian texts
Lexical features participial, gerundial &
argumentation & interpretation
infinitive complexes
bookish words
adverbial & logical and consistent narration
prepositional phrases
scientific terminology
& phraseology
parenthesis (introduced citation, references & foot-notes
by a dash)
words in their primary
dictionary meaning restricted use of EMs & SDs
attributive groups with
a descriptive function conventional set phrases
abstraction of persons
parenthesis (introduced
restricted use of connotative digressions
by a dash)
contextual meanings
definite structural arrangement
prepositional
neologisms in a hierarchical order
attributive groups

proper names special set of connective

avoidance of ellipsis
restricted use of emotive colouring,
interjections, expressive phraseology, nominal constructions >
phrasal verbs, colloquial vocabulary the verbal ones
seldom use of tropes passive & non-finite
verb forms
phrases and words
double conjunctions
as... as, either... or...
postulatory
compositionally arranged
argumentative
sentence patterns

impersonal forms & formulative

sentences