Questions tagged [language]
Questions concerning the language (e.g., English, French, German, Chinese) of academic publications, presentations, transcripts, or other documents. For questions on style, use 'writing-style' instead.
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Which recognized mathematical journal accepts submissions in Chinese language [closed]
I know from experience that some [mathematical-journals] from France allow French submissions. And on the arXiv you can see now and then a math paper in French and not only in English.
I've checked ...
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After 2 interviews, I've been invited to visit the campus for 2 weeks. Looking for advice as I prepare for this trip (5500miles away!) [closed]
The position is for a full-time faculty professorship in my field (humanities). I was one of 10 invited to apply.
My first two interviews went very well. I have been told that I am the only candidate ...
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My thesis proposal [closed]
I'm a student in Iran studying English Language Teaching (M.A.) at University. Before pursuing English at the university level, I was an engineer, so I have a background knowledge of math. I've ...
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How to handle well-known english acronyms and names for an abstract in the local language?
I have to provide a translated version of my abstract in my local country language. There are some concepts / names / acronyms that are also in my country language mostly used in english, for instance,...
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What language is "Solutio problematis ad geometriam situs pertinentis" written in? [closed]
The article by Euler titled "Solutio problematis ad geometriam situs pertinentis"(The Seven Bridges of Königsberg) is considered as the first work in both Topology and Graph Theory. However, ...
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What is the correct tone and language to use during peer review?
Our paper has gone through peer review and is now back to us. As I was collecting the different responses to the reviewers comments, I noticed a pattern from some of my co-authors, which was to thank ...
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If a theorem is named after Mike, is it a "Mike Theorem" or "Mike's Theorem"?
While learning mathematics, I found "Hilbert spaces", "Vieta's Formulas", and "Cauchy Equation." My question is what is the rule for using "Mike's Theorem" and &...
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What are the correct English tenses in a manuscript?
The following examples are representative situations in scientific writing. I hope to understand whether there are any preferred or correct tenses, and whether there are grammatical reasons and ...
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Expired links to open access resources on the sites of the Linguistic Society of America and CiNii
A comment on Japanese SE from a user who has since deleted their account seems to contain some potentially helpful information to me, so I am trying to find the articles suggested by that commenter. ...
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Can I apply for a Ph.D. position with TOEFL iBT score 86 with writing score 23 while the university want total score 90 with writing 21?
I am going to apply to a university in New Zealand where the university language requirement is the thing that I mentioned in the question. There are other language tests, but I took TOEFL iBT. I have ...
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No quotation marks/citation needed for common expressions/language or for using texts as a model?
This might be a stupid question, but I am asking as a non-native English speaker. Given that we all (even native speakers) will get our English expressions from somewhere, I am wondering when a ...
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How should I refer to the presence of racial slurs in data presented at a conference talk?
I am preparing a presentation for a mathematical modeling conference soon, involving online discourse which contains racist and other slurs as one of the prominent features under study. The specific ...
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Naming a Lemma In Math Thesis
In my pure math thesis I have an important lemma and I want to name it. The statement is quite technical so I will omit quite a lot of details.
I want to call this lemma “the adding lemma”. My ...
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What if a student doesn't understand a question because of differences in dialect?
Let's say that at a British university, there is a chemistry exam. The exam describes a person performing a chemistry experiment. This person leaves the experiment sitting there for a fortnight. After ...
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How useful is a third language for a Engineering scientific/academic career?
I am a PhD candidate in Teleinformatics Engineering and, during my academic career, I was required to learn English in order to write articles, communicate with partners around the world, read books, ...
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