In the advanced reading of scientific discourse, the ability to perform complex inferences is intrinsically linked to the decoding of specific verbal and nominal structures. Associate the linguistic features (Column I) with their respective inferential demands in the teaching-learning process (Column II):

Linguistic Analysis Support

"The crystallization of the liquid occurred rapidly."

"The results might indicate a potential failure."

"The data were collected over a six-month period."

Column I

1- Strategic Nominalization

2 - Epistemic Modality (Hedging)

3 - Passive Voice with Agent Omission

Column II

( ) Requires the reader to infer the author’s degree of caution and avoid interpreting hypotheses as absolute facts.

( ) Requires the reader to infer the objectivity of the report by focusing on the scientific process rather than the individual researcher.

( ) Requires the reader to infer complex relationships between processes that have been condensed into abstract noun phrases.

HUTCHINSON, T.; WATERS, A. English for Specific Purposes: A learning-centred approach. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1987.

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