ENGL 112 Chapter Notes -Apposition
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It is not only the writers who take a position in the research community, but so do the readers. Definition and apposition means of negotiating the space between academic writers and their main readers (other researchers) Goal: corroborating and engaging what the informed reader already knows, involving this established knowledge in developing a discussion. Writers of dictionaries describe what the meaning of the word already is describe how people use a word. Community of speakers who use the world is the source of its meaning: negotiated word meanings: the conditions under which a word can be efficiently used. By using appositives or appositions, the summarizer recognizes the position of the readers and their possible unfamiliarity with the term. Implicitly suggests that the term is specialized and limited in distribution. Demonstrates a respect for the complexity of the term.
