Moscow University Press, 1978. — 157 p.Which of the different kinds of English shall its scientific and literary user adopt as a means of international communication, a now indispensable "tool of his trade"?
Where does he look for a style that is lucid and simple, easy to speak, write and understand?
The book presents and discusses the relative claims and advantages of the more likely "registers" pragmatically — in terms of efficiency and optimization.Professor Olga Akhmanova, a widely known lexicographer, linguistic anthropologist and linguist, is Head of the English Department of the Moscow State University; Ph. Dr. Rolandas F. Idzelis, Senior Lecturer at the University of Vilnius, specializes in English Style and Usage.В учебном пособии представлен научно обоснованный выбор образцов того регистра английского языка, который может быть активно использован учёными-филологами в качестве средства международного общения. Книга рассчитана на студентов и аспирантов филологических факультетов университетов.Contents
Introduction
Why not the "Best English", Then?
Inflated "Anti-Criticese" and the Problem of Comprehension
English as a "Tool of Our Trade"
Vocabulary and Syntax
Specimens of Our Kind of English
Appendix. "Restricted" Forms of English
References
Index of Terms
Index of Names
