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Academic papers have always been the formal style of maintaining fairness and objectivity, and the research experiment process and research results should be presented with a rigorous and calm scientific attitude. However, some scholars believe that the use of some “informality features” in academic papers can “persuade” readers to accept their own views. Therefore, the formal degree of style in academic papers has always been the focus of academic writing. Based on the theory of 10 informal styles proposed by Swales and Chang (1999), this paper studies the features of informality in abstracts of academic papers on soft science and hard science published by Chinese scholars in international journals to provide some enlightenment for academic writing of second language learners of different majors. It is found that informal words or sentences are frequently used in abstracts of papers in hard science journals, and the requirements for stylistic features are more tolerant. However, the style of writing in abstracts of journals of social science is more formal and cautious.

A Multidisciplinary Comparative Study on the Informality Features of Abstracts of Research Articles