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医学论文英文摘要中否定的对比研究 　　1 Introduction 　　In the Information Age， English abstracts have become one of the major means of academic exchange. Every year， millions of academic journals are published. With the information overload， many readers will first read an abstract and then decide whether to read or cite the corresponding article or not. Some of the journals， especially prestigious ones， are published in English while the rest are not， but the latter require English abstracts. For example， in non-English speaking countries like China， France and Spain， most of the journal articles are required of English abstracts. This requirement is “to guarantee that the reported results of scientific work will circulate worldwide” （Ventola， 1994a， p.333， in Lores， 2004， p.281）， which is one of the functions of English abstracts （Lores， 2004）. However， writing an effective English abstract acceptable to international community is still an arduous task for non-English native speakers. Therefore， the study of English abstracts has attracted huge attention in recent years. 　　During the past decade， many Chinese scholars have conducted cross-cultural studies in an attempt to improve the quality of English abstracts written by Chinese. Most of them （Huang Chen， 2012； Xiao Cao， 2014； Hu， 2015） focus on abstracts of scientific works. Yet， few people have made a comparative study of negation in English abstracts of medical research articles. The study was intended to reveal the similarities and differences between English abstracts of medical research articles written by English native speakers and those written by Chinese authors. 　　2 Research Methodology 　　Considering the objectives of this study， “negatives” mean sentences that express negation. Such “negatives” are always marked by “negators”， words expressing negation （Chalker and Weiner， 2001）. Common negators are not， no， never， no one， nobody， nowhere， none， neither， no longer， etc. Sentences with one or more such negato