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Language (vocabulary, grammar, style)

20% *)

The student uses the academic writing register/style with appropriate

linguistic terminologies. The paper contains hardly any typos or grammar

mistakes.

The language used is largely suitable for an academic piece of writing, but

the paper exhibits some – mainly recurring – typos and grammar mistakes.

The student uses writing style which is inappropriate for an academic paper.

There are a great number of grammatical mistakes and typos. Style is

unidiomatic or sentences simply do not make sense, and paragraphs lack

coherence.

Formal aspects (paper shows that student has familiarised her/himself

10% *)

with the conventions of modern linguistics)

The student has followed the conventions of modern linguistics appropriately.

The parenthetical referencing system has been used. Cited sources and the

list of references match. The individual entries in the list of references are

complete and formatted consistently. All pages and examples are numbered.

All tables, diagrams, and figures are numbered and have appropriate

captions.

The student has followed the linguistic conventions but with some mistakes

e.g. failure to arrange authors’ names in alphabetical order in the reference,

failure to number examples etc.

The paper reveals that the student has not paid sufficient attention to the

conventions of modern linguistics. Crucial components (e.g. page numbers,

table of contents, list of references) may be lacking. The list of references (if

included) is not formatted consistently and/or does not list all cited sources or

lists sources that have not even been cited in the paper. The included tables,

diagrams and figures are not numbered and do not have an appropriate

caption.

Overall grade ________

The term paper will be returned for revision if this category is marked 5.

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