Einführung

Akademische Texte unterscheiden sich in Ihrer Wortwahl oftmals von der Umgangssprache. Dies gilt im Deutschen wie im Englischen. Im Folgenden geht es darum, welche allgemeinen Wörter/Begriffe besonders oft in englischsprachigen akademischen Texten verwendet werden.

Frau Averil Coxhead von der Victoria University of Wellington (Neuseeland) hat hierzu eine umfassende Zahl von englischsprachigen akademischen Texten untersucht und die häufigsten Begriffe identifiziert. Dabei wurden die 2000 häufigsten Wortfamilien im Englischen ausgeschlossen.

Das Ergebnis ist eine Sammlung von 570 Wortfamilien, die für akademische Texte typisch aber Fach-unspezifisch sind. Diese Sammlung heißt Academic Word List (1998) bzw. A New Academic Word List (2000). Die Sammlung ist in zehn Gruppen (Sublists) unterteilt, wobei die Gruppe 1 die häufigsten Wortfamilien enthält und die Gruppe 10 die am wenigsten häufigen Wortfamilien.

Ich meine, dass die Liste eine gute Ausgangsbasis ist, wenn man eigene akademische Texte verfasst.

Die Academic Word List (AWL)

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Gruppe 1

sector
available
financial
process
individual
specific
principle
estimate
variables
method
data
research
contract
environment
export
source
assessment
policy
identified
create
derived
factors
procedure
definition
assume
theory
benefit
evidence
established
authority
major
issues
labour
occur
economic
involved
percent
interpretation
consistent
income
structure
legal
concept
formula
section
required
constitutional
analysis
distribution
function
area
approach
role
legislation
indicate
response
period
context
significant
similar

Gruppe 2

community
resident
range
construction
strategies
elements
previous
conclusion
security
aspects
acquisition
features
text
commission
regulations
computer
items
consumer
achieve
final
positive
evaluation
assistance
normal
relevant
distinction
region
traditional
impact
consequences
chapter
equation
appropriate
resources
participation
survey
potential
cultural
transfer
select
credit
affect
categories
perceived
sought
focus
purchase
injury
site
journal
primary
complex
institute
investment
administration
maintenance
design
obtained
restricted
conduct

Gruppe 3

comments
convention
published
framework
implies
negative
dominant
illustrated
outcomes
constant
shift
deduction
ensure
specified
justification
funds
reliance
physical
partnership
location
link
coordination
alternative
initial
validity
task
techniques
excluded
consent
proportion
demonstrate
reaction
criteria
minorities
technology
philosophy
removed
sex
compensation
sequence
corresponding
maximum
circumstances
instance
considerable
sufficient
corporate
interaction
contribution
immigration
component
constraints
technical
emphasis
scheme
layer
volume
document
registered
core

Gruppe 4

overall
emerged
regime
implementation
project
hence
occupational
internal
goals
retained
sum
integration
mechanism
parallel
imposed
despite
job
parameters
approximate
label
concentration
principal
series
predicted
summary
attitudes
undertaken
cycle
communication
ethnic
hypothesis
professional
status
conference
attributed
annual
obvious
error
implications
apparent
commitment
subsequent
debate
dimensions
promote
statistics
option
domestic
output
access
code
investigation
phase
prior
granted
stress
civil
contrast
resolution
adequate

Gruppe 5

alter
stability
energy
aware
licence
enforcement
draft
styles
precise
medical
pursue
symbolic
marginal
capacity
generation
exposure
decline
academic
modified
external
psychology
fundamental
adjustment
ratio
whereas
enable
version
perspective
contact
network
facilitate
welfare
transition
amendment
logic
rejected
expansion
clause
prime
target
objective
sustainable
equivalent
liberal
notion
substitution
generated
trend
revenue
compounds
evolution
conflict
image
discretion
entities
orientation
consultation
mental
monitoring
challenge

Gruppe 6

intelligence
transformation
presumption
acknowledged
utility
furthermore
accurate
diversity
attached
recovery
assigned
tapes
motivation
bond
edition
nevertheless
transport
cited
fees
scope
enhanced
incorporated
instructions
subsidiary
input
abstract
ministry
capable
expert
preceding
display
incentive
inhibition
trace
ignored
incidence
estate
cooperative
revealed
index
lecture
discrimination
overseas
explicit
aggregate
gender
underlying
brief
domain
rational
minimum
interval
neutral
migration
flexibility
federal
author
initiatives
allocation
exceed

Gruppe 7

intervention
confirmed
definite
classical
chemical
voluntary
release
visible
finite
publication
channel
file
thesis
equipment
disposal
solely
deny
identical
submitted
grade
phenomenon
paradigm
ultimately
extract
survive
converted
transmission
global
inferred
guarantee
advocate
dynamic
simulation
topic
insert
reverse
decades
comprise
hierarchical
unique
comprehensive
couple
mode
differentiation
eliminate
priority
empirical
ideology
somewhat
aid
foundation
adults
adaptation
quotation
contrary
media
successive
innovation
prohibited
isolated

Gruppe 8

highlighted
eventually
inspection
termination
displacement
arbitrary
reinforced
denote
offset
exploitation
detected
abandon
random
revision
virtually
uniform
predominantly
thereby
implicit
tension
ambiguous
vehicle
clarity
conformity
contemporary
automatically
accumulation
appendix
widespread
infrastructure
deviation
fluctuations
restore
guidelines
commodity
minimises
practitioners
radical
plus
visual
chart
appreciation
prospect
dramatic
contradiction
currency
inevitably
complement
accompany
paragraph
induced
schedule
intensity
crucial
via
exhibit
bias
manipulation
theme
nuclear

Gruppe 9

bulk
behalf
unified
commenced
erosion
anticipated
minimal
ceases
vision
mutual
norms
intermediate
manual
supplementary
incompatible
concurrent
ethical
preliminary
integral
conversely
relaxed
confined
accommodation
temporary
distorted
passive
subordinate
analogous
military
scenario
revolution
diminished
coherence
suspended
mature
assurance
rigid
controversy
sphere
mediation
format
trigger
qualitative
portion
medium
coincide
violation
device
insights
refine
devoted
team
overlap
attained
restraints
inherent
route
protocol
founded
duration

Gruppe 10

whereby
inclination
encountered
convinced
assembly
albeit
enormous
reluctant
posed
persistent
undergo
notwithstanding
straightforward
panel
odd
intrinsic
compiled
adjacent
integrity
forthcoming
conceived
ongoing
so-called
likewise
nonetheless
levy
invoked
colleagues
depression
collapse

Weiterführende Links

„Academic Word List“ auf Wikipedia
Der Artikel „A New Academic Word List“ aus dem Jahr 2000 oder hier
„Academic Word List“ auf der Webseite der „Victoria University of Wellington“
„Academic Word List“ auf Wiktionary
Webseite der „A New Academic Word List (NAWL)“ bzw. hier (ist eine andere Liste von Dr. Charles Browne, Dr. Brent Culligan and Joseph Phillips aus dem Jahre 2013)