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What are the typical features of the academic register? (e.g. vocabulary)
1) High lexical density: Large number of vocabulary items other than verbs per clause.
2) Highly nominal style: Greater use of nouns than verbs (underlined below) to construct meanings and make them compact.
3) Impersonal constructions: Subjects or agents of clauses often backgrounded
4) Hedging and emphasising: Verbs and phrases used to modify statements made (e.g. may, might, must, need to, it seems that, possibly, probably).