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Latinisations
Differencesofregisterarecharacterisedaboveallbydifferencesin
vocabulary.InEnglishtherearepairsofwordswhosemeaningsverylargely
overlap(theyaresynonymsornear-synonyms),butwhichdifferinthelevel
offormalityortechnicalityusuallyassociatedwiththeoneortheother.One
groupisthatofwordswithaGermanicetymology,whiletheotherconsistsof
thosederivedfromLatin.Afewofthesevirtualsynonymsarelistedbelow:
Germanic
allthetime
becomeworse
big
enough
findout
get
later
lookat
moreandmore
much
often
small
unneeded
without
Latin
constantly,continuously,continually
deteriorate
major,significant,substantial
adequate,ample,sufficient
ascertain,discover
acquire,derive,obtainetc.
subsequent,subsequently
examine,explore,observe,scrutinise
increasingly
considerably,substantially
frequently
insignificant,minor,
redundant,superfluous
devoidof
Itispreciselythewordsinthesecondcolumnthatareespecially
characteristicoftheacademicregister.1
1Ofcoursethewordsintherespectivecolumnsarenotabsolutelysynonymous.The
wordsmajorandminor,forexample,haveconnotationsofimportanceorseriousness:ifwe
talkaboutEabigproblem’,wearereferringtoitssize;ifwetalkaboutEamajorproblem’
wearealsoemphasisingitsseriousness.
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