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EDUMECENTRO
versión On-line ISSN 2077-2874
Resumen
LOPEZ GOMEZ, Eugenio Jesús et al. The gerund questionable use in the scientific writing of health professionals. EDUMECENTRO [online]. 2020, vol.12, n.1, pp. 111-130. ISSN 2077-2874.
Background:
in the scientific writing there are numerous inaccuracies that cause errors and amphibologies in the messages, including the incorrect use of the gerund, a questioned sign and even rejected by some researchers.
Objective:
to characterize the use of the gerund in the scientific writing of some health professionals.
Methods:
a descriptive investigation was carried out in the Faculty of Technology - Nursing, in Villa Clara, from20 18 to the first quarter of 2019. Theoretical methods were used: analysis-synthesis and induction-deduction; Empirical ones: documentary review as a source of primary data, questionnaire survey applied to professionals and discourse analysis in the scientific articles analyzed; and mathematics for numerical data.
Results:
the correct use of simultaneous and peripheral gerund was found, essentially with being; also the explanatory and ilocutive; in other situations they use it incorrectly: repeated, with subsequent action and adjective function. Some rejection was perceived towards its use in scientific documents, due to certain entrenched dogmatic conceptions, which led to questioning among researchers.
Conclusions:
the need for language improvement is reaffirmed, in which the use of the gerund is encouraged as an element that brings diverse nuances to the scientific text.
Palabras clave : training; language; language arts; education, medical..