Academic vocabulary (2)
Daniel Gerrard
daniel.gerrard@cjv.muni.cz
What is academic vocabulary?
How to use the AWL
Lexical (content) words vs. function words
Which kind of words are more common in academic texts?
lexical words function words
nouns prepositions
adjectives determiners
verbs primary auxiliaries
adverbs pronouns
coordinators
modal auxiliaries
subordinators
adverb particles
Lexical (content) words vs. function words
lexical words (51%) function words (49%)
nouns 30% prepositions 13.8%
adjectives 9% determiners 9.3%
verbs 8% primary auxiliaries 5.8%
adverbs 4% pronouns 3.5%
coordinators 3.7%
modal auxiliaries 1.5%
subordinators 1.2%
adverb particles 0.3%
Phrases for academic writing
The Oxford Phrasal Academic Lexicon (OPAL)
370 phrases / 15 functions
OPAL functions
Academic Phrasebank (1)
Academic Phrasebank (2)