Linguistics, Style and Writing in the 21st Century - with Steven Pinker – YouTube Dictation Transcript & Vocabulary
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Transcripción interactiva y destacados
1.Why is so much writing so bad
2.Why do we have to struggle with so much legalese
3.As in, "The revocation by these Regulations of a provision previously revoked subject to savings does not affect the ." Why do we put up with
4.As in, "It is the moment of non-construction, disclosing the absentation of actuality from the concept in part through its invitation to emphasize, in reading, the helplessness of its fall into conceptuality." Why is it so hard to set the time on a digital alarm clock
5.[LAUGHTER] There's no shortage of theories; and the one that I hear most often is captured in this cartoon, in which a boss says to a tech writer, "Good start
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Vocabulario clave (CEFR C2)
continued
B1To proceed with (doing an activity); to prolong (an activity).
Example:
"does not affect the continued operations." Why do we put up with academese?"
operations
B1The method by which a device performs its function.
Example:
"does not affect the continued operations." Why do we put up with academese?"
academese
B1A B1-level word commonly used in this context.
Example:
"does not affect the continued operations." Why do we put up with academese?"
complaints
B1The act of complaining.
Example:
"in the art of the essay? Or was it the '70s? The thing is that complaints about the imminent decline"
remembers
B1To reconstitute or reassemble that which has been dismembered.
Example:
"and no one even remembers that it was ever considered ungrammatical. Or, "to contact is vague and self-important."
considered
B1To think about seriously.
Example:
"and no one even remembers that it was ever considered ungrammatical. Or, "to contact is vague and self-important."
self-important
B2Having, or behaving as if having, too high an opinion of one's own importance.
Example:
"and no one even remembers that it was ever considered ungrammatical. Or, "to contact is vague and self-important."
irregular
B1A soldier who is not a member of an official military force and, often, does not follow regular army tactics
Example:
"or two feet or any other irregular plural. Or how's this? Note that the word clever means one thing"
effective
B1A soldier fit for duty
Example:
"and on historical and critical studies of usage. It all begins with a model of effective prose communication."
compulsive
B1One who exhibits compulsive behaviours.
Example:
"Why the compulsive hedging? Well, there is an imperative in many bureaucracies"
| Palabra | CEFR | Definición |
|---|---|---|
| continued | B1 | To proceed with (doing an activity); to prolong (an activity). |
| operations | B1 | The method by which a device performs its function. |
| academese | B1 | A B1-level word commonly used in this context. |
| complaints | B1 | The act of complaining. |
| remembers | B1 | To reconstitute or reassemble that which has been dismembered. |
| considered | B1 | To think about seriously. |
| self-important | B2 | Having, or behaving as if having, too high an opinion of one's own importance. |
| irregular | B1 | A soldier who is not a member of an official military force and, often, does not follow regular army tactics |
| effective | B1 | A soldier fit for duty |
| compulsive | B1 | One who exhibits compulsive behaviours. |
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