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The style of the scientific prose has 3 subdivisions or varieties:

1) The style of humanitarian sciences;

2) The style of "exact" sciences;

3) The style of popular scientific prose.

The aim of communication is to create new concepts, disclose the international laws of existence.

The peculiarities are: objectiveness; logical coherence, impersonality, unemotional character, exactness.

Vocabulary. The use of terms and words used to express a specialized concept in a given branch of science. Terms are not necessarily used. They may be borrowed from ordinary language but are given a new meaning.

The scientific prose style consists mostly of ordinary words which tend to be used in their primary logical meaning. Emotiveness depends on the subject of investigation but mostly scientific prose style is unemotional.

The parallel arrangement of sentences contributes to emphasizing certain points in the utterance. Use of foot-notes helps to preserve the logical coherence of ideas.

Humanities in comparison with "exact" sciences employ more emotionally coloured words, fewer passive constructions.

Scientific popular style has the following peculiarities: emotive words, elements of colloquial style. Use of quotations and references;

The Style of Official Documents and its Substyles

1) Language of business letters;

2) Language of legal documents;

3) Language of diplomacy;

4) Language of military documents;

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