Can authority be sustained while balancing accessibility and formality?

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dc.contributor.authorHashimzade, N.
dc.contributor.authorMyles, G.
dc.contributor.authorMyles, G.
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractEconomics has developed into a quantitative discipline that makes extensive use of mathematical and statistical concepts. When writing a dictionary for economics undergraduates it has to be recognised that many users will not have suffi cient training in mathematics to benefi t from formal defi nitions of mathematical and statistical concepts. In fact, it is more than likely that the user will want the dictionary to provide an accessible version of a defi nition that avoids mathematical notation. Providing a verbal description of a mathematical concept has the risk that the outcome is both verbose (compared to a defi nition using appropriate mathematical symbols) and imprecise. For the author of a dictionary this raises the question of how to resolve this confl ict between accessibility and formal correctness. We use a range of examples from the Oxford Dictionary of Economics to illustrate this confl ict and to assess the extent to which a non-formal defi nition can be viewed as authoritative.
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityNigar Hashimzade, Georgina A. Myles and Gareth D. Myles
dc.identifier.citationHermes (Denmark), 2017; 27(52):11-24
dc.identifier.doi10.7146/hjlcb.v27i52.25132
dc.identifier.issn0904-1699
dc.identifier.issn1903-1785
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2440/118456
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSchool of Communication and Culture at Aarhus University, Denmark
dc.rightsThis journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.7146/hjlcb.v27i52.25132
dc.titleCan authority be sustained while balancing accessibility and formality?
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.publication-statusPublished

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