Participants read assertions whose veracity was either affirmed or denied by the subsequent presentation of an assessment word. = Participants read sentences, each followed by the word true or false. Pinker calls out linguists as among the worst offenders, with dozens of mystifying technical terms. Ive learned as I go: the clearer your prose, the clearer your ideas are, and the more readable your work is. Aim for clear prose. Rarely does anyone prefer the convoluted version. This is why Pinker, Chambers, Trudgill, Valdes, Otheugy, Zentella, and Wolfram are among my fave academic writers. chronicle/article/Why-Academics-Writing-Stinks/148989/
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