The Use of Abbreviations in English-Medium Astrophysics Research Paper Titles: A Problematic Issue

Autor/inn/en	Méndez, David I.; Alcaraz, M. Ángeles
Titel	The Use of Abbreviations in English-Medium Astrophysics Research Paper Titles: A Problematic Issue
Quelle	In: Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 6 (2015) 3, S.185-196 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2203-4714
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Memory; Scholarship; Periodicals; Journal Articles; Astronomy; Physics; English; Bibliometrics; Content Analysis; Language Usage; Morphology (Languages); Readability; Ambiguity (Semantics); Reading Comprehension; Diachronic Linguistics; Qualitative Research; Statistical Analysis; Europe; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Gedächtnis; Scholarships; Stipendium; Periodical; Journal; Zeitschrift; Fachzeitschrift; Periodikum; Journal article; Zeitschriftenaufsatz; Astronomie; Physik; English language; Englisch; Bibliometrie; Inhaltsanalyse; Sprachgebrauch; Morphology; Morphologie; Lesbarkeit; Leseverstehen; Linguistics; Diachronische Sprachbetrachtung; Historische Linguistik; Qualitative Forschung; Statistische Analyse; Europa; USA
Abstract	In this study, we carry out a qualitative and quantitative analysis of abbreviations in 300 randomly collected research paper titles published in the most prestigious European and US-based Astrophysics journals written in English. Our main results show that the process of shortening words and groups of words is one of the most characteristic and recurrent features in Astrophysics research paper titling construction. In spite of the convenience of abbreviations as a mechanism for word-formation, some of them may pose certain difficulties of understanding and/or misinterpretation because of their specificity, ambiguity, or overlapping. To overcome these difficulties, we propose a series of options which with no doubt would lead to a better interaction among the different branches of Astrophysics in particular and of science in general and would definitely improve how research is currently performed and communicated. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01