INVESTIGADORES
DI BITETTI Mario Santiago
artículos
Título:
An "audience effect" for ecological terminology: use and misuse of jargon
Autor/es:
ADAMS, D. C.; DI BITETTI, M. S.; JANSON, C. H.; SLOBODKIN, L. B.; VALENZUELA, N.
Revista:
OIKOS
Editorial:
Blackwell Publishing
Referencias:
Año: 1997 vol. 80 p. 632 - 636
ISSN:
0030-1299
Resumen:
We shall demonstrate from examination of vocabulary in several different ecological journals that the terms used by ecologists are in part dictated by the expected audience. The same terms were used in different ways in these different journals. Such linguistic differences could cause serious ambiguity.
